Heterospecific courtship, minority effects and niche separation between cryptic butterfly species

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 971-979

  Friberg, M ^a,b   Leimar, O ^a   Wiklund, C ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allee effects; Character displacement; Cryptic species; Lepidoptera: Pieridae; Local adaptation; Male harassment; Mating success; Minority effects; Priority effects; Reproductive interference

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLONIZATION; CONSPECIFIC; COURTSHIP; DIVERGENCE; FITNESS; GENERALIST; HABITAT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MATING SUCCESS; NICHE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SIBLING; SPECIALIST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; SYMPATRY;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWEDEN; SYMPATRY;

LEPIDOPTERA; LEPTIDEA; LEPTIDEA SINAPIS; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; SINAPIS;

EID: 84876997988     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12106     Document Type: Article

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