Preference, performance, and chemical defense in an endangered butterfly using novel and ancestral host plants
Abstract Adoption of novel host plants by herbivorous insects can require new adaptations and may entail loss of adaptation to ancestral hosts. We examined relationships between an endangered subspecies of the butterfly Euphydryas editha (Taylor’s checkerspot) and three host plant species. Two of th...
Main Authors: | Nathan L. Haan, M. Deane Bowers, Jonathan D. Bakker |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-01-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80413-y |
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