Butterflies

by Boggs, Carol L.; Watt, Ward B.; Ehrlich, Paul R.

• ISBN13: 9780226063188
• ISBN10: 0226063186
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

InButterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight, the world's leading experts synthesize current knowledge of butterflies to show how the study of these fascinating creatures as model systems can lead to deeper understanding of ecological and evolutionary patterns and processes in general. The twenty-six chapters are organized into broad functional areas, covering the uses of butterflies in the study of behavior, ecology, genetics and evolution, systematics, and conservation biology. Especially in the context of the current biodiversity crisis, this book shows how results found with butterflies can help us understand large, rapid changes in the world we share with them--for example, geographic distributions of some butterflies have begun to shift in response to global warming, giving early evidence of climate change that scientists, politicians, and citizens alike should heed. The first international synthesis of butterfly biology in two decades,Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flightoffers students, scientists, and amateur naturalists a concise overview of the latest developments in the field. Furthermore, it articulates an exciting new perspective of the whole group of approximately 15,000 species of butterflies as a comprehensive model system for all the sciences concerned with biodiversity and its preservation. Contributors: Carol L. Boggs, Paul M. Brakefield, Adriana D. Briscoe, Dana L. Campbell, Elizabeth E. Crone, Mark Deering, Henri Descimon, Erika I. Deinert, Paul R. Ehrlich, John P. Fay, Richard ffrench-Constant, Sherri Fownes, Lawrence E. Gilbert, Andreacute; Gilles, Ilkka Hanski, Jane K. Hill, Brian Huntley, Niklas Janz, Greg Kareofelas, Nusha Keyghobadi, P. Bernhard Koch, Claire Kremen, David C. Lees, Jean-Franccedil;ois Martin, Antoacute;nia Monteiro, Paulo Ceacute;sar Motta, Camille Parmesan, William D. Patterson, Naomi E. Pierce, Robert A. Raguso, Charles Lee Remington, Jens Roland, Ronald L. Rutowski, Cheryl B. Schultz, J. Mark Scriber, Arthur M. Shapiro, Michael C. Singer, Felix Sperling, Curtis Strobeck, Aram Stump, Chris D. Thomas, Richard VanBuskirk, Hans Van Dyck, Richard I. Vane-Wright, Ward B. Watt, Christer Wiklund, and Mark A. Willis

Author Biography

Carol L. Boggs is the director of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University.

Ward B. Watt is a professor of biology at Stanford University.

Paul R. Ehrlich is the Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Foreword Charles Lee Remington

Preface

ntroduction Butterflies, Test Systems, and Biodiversity

Behavior

Visual Ecology of Adult Butterflies

Molecular and Physiological Diversity of Visual Mechanisms inPapilio

Hawkmoth Pollination in Arizona's Sonoran Desert: Behavioral Responses to Floral Traits

Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Butterfly Mating Systems

Mate Location and Competition for Mates in a Pupal Mating Butterfly

Ecology

Phenofaunistics: Seasonality as a Property of Butterfly

Modeling Present and Potential Future Ranges of European Butterflies Using Climate Response Surfaces

Ink Marks and Molecular Markers: Examining the Effects of Landscape on Dispersal Using Both Mark-Recapture and Molecular MethodsNusha Keyghobadi

Environmental Variation, Life Histories, and Allocation

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Checkerspot Butterfly–Host Plant Association: The Diverse Roles of Oviposition Preference

Sex Linkage of Host Plant Use in Butterflies

Genetics and Evolutionary Dynamics

The Evolution of Butterfly Eyespot Patterns

Mimicry and Melanism in Swallowtail Butterflies: Toward a Molecular Understanding

Adaptive Novelty through Introgression inHeliconiusWing Patterns: Evidence for a Shared Genetic "Toolbox" from Synthetic Hybrid Zones and a Theory of Diversification 000

Mechanistic Studies of Butterfly Adaptations

Mate Location: A Matter of Design? Adaptive Morphological Variation in the Speckled Wood Butterfly

Hybrid Zone Ecology and Tiger Swallowtail Trait Clines in North America

Systematics and Species Diversification

Phylogenetic Relationships of the Riodinidae: Implications for the Evolution of Ant Association

Phylogenetic Relationships of Ithomiinae based on First-Instar Larvae Paulo

Butterfly Molecular Systematics: From Species Definitions to Higher-Level Phylogenies

Species Concepts and Sibling Species: The Case ofLeptidea sinapis and Leptidea reali

Evidence and Identity in Butterfly Systematics

Conservation and Biodiversity

Butterflies and Conservation Planning in Madagascar: From Pattern to Practice

Butterflies as Bioindicators for Climate Change Effects

Movement Behavior and Minimum Patch Size for Butterfly Population Persistence

Biology of Extinctions in Butterfly Metapopulations

Synthesis Butterflies as Model Systems in Ecology and Evolution-—Present and Future

References

Contributors

Index

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