Theory generally predicts that host specialisation and dispersal should evolve jointly.
Indeed, many models predict that specialists should be poor dispersers to avoid landing on …

The two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch is an excellent model organism
among phytophagous mites. Therefore, the investigation for alternative host plants for a …

Historical contingency, such as the order of species arrival, can modify competitive
outcomes via niche modification or pre‐emption. However, how these mechanisms …

Agricultural fields are typically simplified ecosystems compared to natural sites, a
characteristic that has long‐attracted researchers in Ecology and Evolution. In recent years …

Plants activate direct and indirect defense mechanisms in response to perceived herbivore
invasion, which results in negative consequences for herbivores. Tetranychus cinnabarinus …

Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is an important agricultural pest
worldwide. Uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) are one of the …

Laboratory studies are often criticized for not being representative of processes occurring in
natural populations. One reason for this is the fact that laboratory populations generally do …

Wolbachia are maternally-inherited bacteria that induce cytoplasmic incompatibility in many
arthropod species. However, the ubiquity of this isolation mechanism for host speciation …

BACKGROUND The endosymbiont Wolbachia is known for manipulating host reproduction.
Wolbachia also can affect host fitness by mediating interactions between plant and …

Isolation by environment (IBE) is a population genomic pattern that arises when ecological
barriers reduce gene flow between populations. Although current evidence suggests IBE is …