▪ Abstract Herbivore offense describes traits that allow herbivores to increase their feeding
and other uses of host plants when these uses benefit the herbivores. We argue that …

The form and function of the mouthparts in adult Lepidoptera and their feeding behavior are
reviewed from evolutionary and ecological points of view. The formation of the suctorial …

This book provides a modern, synthetic overview of interactions between insects and their
environments from a physiological perspective that integrates information across a range of …

Butterflies Of Peninsular India Represents The First Fascicle In This Series. This Important
New Work Of Reference Is Also A Joy To Look At And A Pleasure To Read, Combining …

The first edition of Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison
exploded the myth of 'the rain forest'as a single, uniform entity. In reality, the major tropical …

Summary 1 Resource acquisition and allocation are the physiological mechanisms
integrating foraging and life‐history traits. An understanding of the patterns of acquisition …

Insects are the most ecologically important multicellular heterotrophs in terrestrial systems.
They play critical roles in ecological food webs, remain devastating agricultural and medical …

Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a
major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial …

Thirty years ago, researchers discovered that flowers pollinated by butterflies are
consistently rich in nectar amino acids, and more recent findings have shown that butterflies …

Hanski, a leading thinker in metapopulation ecology, studies checkerspot butterfly
populations in Finland. Ehrlich, one of the leading ecologists and conservation biologist …