Geographic mosaics of species' association: A definition and an example driven by plant-insect phenological synchrony

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2658-2673

  Singer, Michael C ^a,b   Mcbride, Carolyn S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic evolution; Eco evolutionary dynamics; Geographic mosaic; Host preference; Insect plant interactions; Landscape ecology; Phenological asynchrony

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUTTERFLY; CONIFEROUS TREE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST PREFERENCE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SENESCENCE; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PEDICULARIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTAGO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BUTTERFLIES; CALIFORNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PEDICULARIS; PLANTAGO;

COLLINSIA TORREYI; EUPHYDRYAS EDITHA; HEXAPODA; PEDICULARIS SEMIBARBATA;

EID: 84871783499     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-2078.1     Document Type: Article

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