Turnover of plant lineages shapes herbivore phylogenetic beta diversity along ecological gradients

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 600-608

  Pellissier, Loïc ^a,b   Ndiribe, Charlotte ^a,c   Dubuis, Anne ^a   Pradervand, Jean Nicolas ^a   Salamin, Nicolas ^a,c   Guisan, Antoine ^a   Rasmann, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Functional diversity; Leaf palatability; Phylogenetic conservatism; Plant defence; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST PLANT; PALATABILITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; LEPIDOPTERA; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; LEPIDOPTERA; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SWITZERLAND;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND; WESTERN ALPS;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84876704340     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12083     Document Type: Article

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