The Ecology and Evolution of Heliconius Butterflies

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvChris D. Jiggins,University of Cambridge) Jiggins, Chris D. (University Lecturer and Royal Society University Research Fellow, University Lecturer and Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Zoology

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The Heliconius butterflies are one of the classic systems in evolutionary biology and have contributed hugely to our understanding of evolution over the last 150 years. Their dramatic radiation and remarkable mimicry has fascinated biologists since the days of Bates, Wallace, and Darwin. The Ecology and Evolution of Heliconius Butterflies is the first thorough and accessible treatment of the ecology, genetics, and behaviour of these butterflies, exploring how they offer remarkable insights into tropical biodiversity. The book starts by outlining some of the evolutionary questions that Heliconius research has helped to address, then moves on to an overview of the butterflies themselves and their ecology and behaviour before focussing on wing pattern evolution, and finally, speciation. Richly illustrated with 32 colour plates, this book makes the extensive scientific literature on Heliconius butterflies accessible to a wide audience of professional ecologists, evolutionary biologists, entomologists, and amateur collectors.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-12-22
Mått191 x 247 x 21 mm
Vikt888 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780199566570

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Chris D. Jiggins is Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Director of Studies and Fellow at St John's College, Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. His research group is currently working on many aspects of Heliconius evolutionary biology, including evolutionary developmental biology of wing patterning, the genetic and behavioural basis for speciation, the sensory ecology of mimicry and analysis of the Heliconius melpomene genome.

1: Some evolutionary problems2: Meet the butterflies and the biologists3: The passion: Niche differentiation, coexistence and coevolution4: The pollen: Adult resources and life history evolution5: Roosts and traplines: Patterns of dispersal and movement6: Brains, sex and learning: Behaviour, sexual and social selection7: Beware! Warning colour and mimicry8: Genes on the wing: Colour pattern genetics9: Development on the wing: How to make a wing pattern different10: First steps: biogeography, hybridisation and the origins of novel patterns11: Completing the process: Adaptive radiation and speciation12: Taxonomic list

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