Migration in butterflies: a global overview

S Chowdhury, RA Fuller, H Dingle… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Insect populations including butterflies are declining worldwide, and they are becoming an
urgent conservation priority in many regions. Understanding which butterfly species migrate …

The evolution of ecological specialization

DJ Futuyma, G Moreno - Annual review of Ecology and Systematics, 1988 - JSTOR
The evolution of" niche breadth," or" niche width," was a more popular topic in the
evolutionary ecological literature of the 1960s and 1970s than it has been recently (109 …

Predation, apparent competition, and the structure of prey communities

RD Holt - Theoretical population biology, 1977 - Elsevier
It is argued that alternate prey species in the diet of a food-limited generalist predator should
reduce each other's equilibrial abundances, whether or not they directly compete. Such …

Herbivory and plant defenses in tropical forests

PD Coley, JA Barone - Annual review of ecology and …, 1996 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract In this review, we discuss the ecological and evolutionary consequences of plant-
herbivore interactions in tropical forests. We note first that herbivory rates are higher in …

[图书][B] Evolutionary ecology

ER Pianka - 2011 - books.google.com
Finally, an eBook version of this now classic textbook has become available. Largely based
on the 6th edition, published in 2000, this version is competitively priced. Written by well …

[PDF][PDF] Insects as flower visitors and pollinators

PG Kevan, HG Baker - Annual review of entomology, 1983 - researchgate.net
Pollination ecology has been a fast growing field since the 1960s. A previous review by
Baker & Hurd (18) together with books (77, 84, 220, 221,244, 264) and various symposia (eg …

On the evolution of host specificity in phytophagous arthropods

E Bernays, M Graham - Ecology, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
We argue that generalist natural enemies of herbivorous insects provide a major selection
pressure for restricted host plant range. The significance of plant chemistry is discussed in …

Population responses to patchy environments

JA Wiens - Annual review of ecology and systematics, 1976 - JSTOR
In the real world, environments are patchy. Factors influencing the proximate physiological
or behavioral state or the ultimate fitness of individuals exhibit discontinuities on many …

Plant architecture and the diversity of phytophagous insects.

JH Lawton - 1983 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The correlation between'plant architecture'and insect species diversity is well exemplified by
the fact that trees have richer insect faunas than herbaceous plants. In this review, the author …

[图书][B] India, a Lifescape: butterflies of peninsular India

K Kunte - 2000 - books.google.com
Butterflies Of Peninsular India Represents The First Fascicle In This Series. This Important
New Work Of Reference Is Also A Joy To Look At And A Pleasure To Read, Combining …