1. Species of Drosophilidae are frequently used as model organisms, but their relationships
with the environment, particularly in immature stages, remain poorly known. 2. This is the …

Cactus species are well represented in arid and semiarid environments, where they
sometimes even dominate the landscape, forming true cactus forests. In this review, we …

Experimental approaches to studying life-history traits in minute herbivorous arthropods are
hampered by the need to work with detached host plant material and the difficulty of …

Desert ecosystems are currently threatened by human activities resulting in the rapid decline
of xerophytic plants and specialized fauna. In South America, the demise of cactus species …

The Drosophila repleta group comprises more than one hundred species that inhabit
several environments in the Neotropics and use different hosts as rearing and feeding …

The Pleistocene refugia theory proposes that recurrent expansions and contractions of
xerophytic vegetation over periods of climate change affected the evolution of cactophilic …

Drosophila koepferae and Drosophila buzzatii are closely related cactophilic species with
overlapping distributions in Andean regions. Both species exploit necrotic tissues, and …

Abstract Zaprionus indianus Gupta (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is a fly species native to the
Afrotropical biogeographic region that expanded its geographical distribution to the …

El sistema cactus-levadura-Drosophila es un modelo paradigmático en el estudio de la
ecología evolutiva y química. El sistema biológico está compuesto por tres interactores …

Survival and reproduction are the core elements of Darwinian fitness. In the context of a
fixed energy budget, organisms tend to allocate resources in order to maximize one at the …