Trade-offs underlying polyphagy in a facultative ant-tended florivorous butterfly: the role of host plant quality and enemy-free space

The underlying mechanisms mediating the use of multiple host plants were investigated in Parrhasius polibetes (Lycaenidae), a florivorous and facultative myrmecophilous butterfly. Plant traits such as presence of ant-treehopper associations as a source of enemy-free space, flower bud dimensions, tou...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Oecologia 2010-07, Vol.163 (3), p.719-728
Hauptverfasser:	Rodrigues, Daniela, Kaminski, Lucas A, Freitas, André V. L, Oliveira, Paulo S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Ants Ants - physiology Araliaceae Bignoniaceae Biological and medical sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences Butterflies Butterflies & moths Butterflies - classification Butterflies - physiology Ecology Ecosystem Enemy-free space Feeding Behavior - physiology Flower buds Flowers Flowers - anatomy & histology Flowers - growth & development Flowers - metabolism Flowers - parasitology Food quality Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Host plants Host-Parasite Interactions Hydrology/Water Resources Insect larvae Insect performance Insecta Instars Invertebrates Larva - growth & development Larva - physiology Larvae Life Sciences Lycaenidae Malvaceae Mandibular wearing Myrmecophilous lycaenid Natural populations Parasite hosts Parasitism Parrhasius polibetes Phytophagous insects Plant Development Plant Sciences PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS - ORIGINAL PAPER Plants Plants - anatomy & histology Plants - metabolism Plants - parasitology Population Dynamics Pyrostegia Pyrostegia venusta Schefflera
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