The ecology and evolution of heliconius butterflies / Chris D. Jiggins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jiggins, Chris D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology.

Ecology--Congresses.

Evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

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. This work provides a thorough and accessible treatment of the ecology, genetics, and behaviour of these butterflies, exploring how they offer remarkable insights into tropical biodiversity.

Contents:

1. Some evolutionary problems

2. Meet the butterflies and the biologists

3. The passion : niche differentiation, coexistence, and coevolution

4. The pollen : adult resources and life history evolution

5. Roosts and traplines : patterns of dispersal and movement

6. Brains, sex, and learning : behaviour, sexual and social selection

7. Beware! : warning colour and mimicry

8. Genes on the wing : colour pattern genetics

9. Development on the wing : how to make a wing pattern different

10. First steps : biogeography, hybridization, and the origins of novel patterns

11. Completing the process : adaptive radiation and speciation

12. Taxonomic list.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-183392-4

0-19-250907-1