Host-plant dependent wing phenotypic variation in the neotropical butterfly Heliconius erato

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 765-774

  Jorge, Leonardo R ^a   Cordeiro Estrela, Pedro ^b,c   Klaczko, Louis B ^a   Moreira, Gilson R P ^b   Freitas, André V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; Heliconiini; Passifloraceae; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HOST PLANT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NATURAL SELECTION; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIALIZATION; SYMPATRY; VINE;

HELICONIINI; HELICONIUS ERATO; HEXAPODA; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORACEAE;

EID: 79952600160     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01610.x     Document Type: Article

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