Dissecting the contributions of plasticity and local adaptation to the phenology of a butterfly and its host plants

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 655-670

  Phillimore, Albert B ^a,b   Stålhandske, Sandra ^b,c   Smithers, Richard J ^d,e   Bernard, Rodolphe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e Woodland Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Local adaptation; Phenology; Plant herbivore; Plasticity; Space for time substitution

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COEVOLUTION; DAY LENGTH; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOWERING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOST PLANT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; BUTTERFLY; CARDAMINE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRASSICACEAE; BUTTERFLIES; CARDAMINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867733858     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667893     Document Type: Article

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