Ecology and evolution of cycad‐feeding Lepidoptera

MRL Whitaker, S Salzman - Ecology letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cycads are an ancient group of tropical gymnosperms that are toxic to most animals–
including humans–though the larvae of many moths and butterflies (order: Lepidoptera) feed …

[PDF][PDF] The age-stage, two-sex life table with an offspring sex ratio dependent on female age

YB Huang, H Chi - J. Agric. For, 2011 - researchgate.net
In the age-stage, two-sex life table, both sexes and variable developmental rates are
incorporated into life table theory. However, in many species, the sex ratio of the offspring …

Discriminatory of some morphometry and biological aspects of the Cycad blue butterfly, Chilades pandava reared on Cycas and Zamia ornamental palms

GM Hassan, MA Batt, MR El-Aassar - Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
The serious blue butterfly, Chilades pandava-Horsfield, 1829-(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) is
consider one of the main destructive insect pests for ornamental palms Cycas and Zamia …

Information-based or resource-based systems may mediate Cycas-herbivore interactions

TE Marler, A Lindström, LI Terry - Plant signaling & behavior, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Invasive arthropod herbivores comprise one of the greatest threats to cycad conservation
both in situ and ex situ. We discuss two mechanisms, not necessarily mutually exclusive, that …

Temperature-Dependent Demography of Aulacaspis yasumatsui (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)

KT Ravuiwasa, CW Tan, I Bezirganoglu… - Journal of economic …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi continues to threaten the extinction of the endemic and
endangered Cycas taitungensis (Shen et al.) in Taiwan. Failure to understand its population …

Effect of temperature on the demographic parameters of Asiatic apple leafminer, Phyllonorycter ringoniella Matsumura (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

S Geng, C Jung - Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 2017 - Elsevier
Asiatic apple leafminer, Phyllonorycter ringoniella Matsumura (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
is an important insect pest of apple. The effect of five constant temperatures (13.3, 15.3, 20.7 …

Diversity in Cycas (Cycadales: Cycadaceae) Species Offered as Larval Food Influences Fecundity of Chilades pandava (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Adults

TE Marler, AJ Lindström… - International Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Chilades pandava (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) larval food quality was studied to determine its
influence on adult life history traits. A wild population from Cycas nongnoochiae (Cycadales …

[PDF][PDF] 利用粒腺體cox2 基因檢測四川攀枝花市蘇鐵綺灰蝶的來源

楊永瓊, 陳亭瑋, 徐堉峰, 楊平世, 王亞男… - … 臺灣大學生物資源暨農 …, 2014 - researchgate.net
攀枝花蘇鐵(Cycas panzhihuaensis) 係IUCN 紅皮書名列易受害等級(Vulenrable) 的植物,
也是中國大陸第I 等級的保護物種. 四川省攀枝花市於1983 年成立攀枝花蘇鐵自然保護區 …

The ecology and evolution of cycads and their symbionts

S Salzman - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Interactions among species are responsible for generating much of the biodiversity that we
see today, yet coevolved associations with high species specificity are rare in nature and …

Chilades pandava mothers discriminate among Cycas species during oviposition choice tests, but only in an endemic naïve population

TE Marler, AJ Lindström, PN Marler - Plant signaling & behavior, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Host and non-host plant species communicate with insect herbivores to influence oviposition
decisions. We studied if Chilades pandava female adults expressed oviposition preferences …