Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-ecological PerspectiveMichael E. Soulé, Bruce A. Wilcox |
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... Heliconius , the most numerous and diverse genus of the heliconiines . Not only do these insects have the problem of rare and scat- tered larval host - plants , but most are specialists on new shoots of Pas- siflora , a resource more ...
... Heliconius , the most numerous and diverse genus of the heliconiines . Not only do these insects have the problem of rare and scat- tered larval host - plants , but most are specialists on new shoots of Pas- siflora , a resource more ...
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... heliconiines , the ithomiines form an important group of conspicuous neotropical butterflies with warning coloration ... heliconiines , ithomiine spe- cies are restricted as to suitable host plant and microhabitat . Like Heliconius ...
... heliconiines , the ithomiines form an important group of conspicuous neotropical butterflies with warning coloration ... heliconiines , ithomiine spe- cies are restricted as to suitable host plant and microhabitat . Like Heliconius ...
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... heliconiines actually in- creased from 12 to 13 species between 1930 and 1969. The ability of Heliconius to persist as small populations may also help account for the relative stability of the number of heliconiine species ( Gilbert and ...
... heliconiines actually in- creased from 12 to 13 species between 1930 and 1969. The ability of Heliconius to persist as small populations may also help account for the relative stability of the number of heliconiine species ( Gilbert and ...
Contents
LAWRENCE E GILBERT | 11 |
JARED M DIAMOND | 57 |
BRUCE A WILCOX | 95 |
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adult Africa age class age distribution animals Barro Colorado Island behavior biological biologists biomass birds bush meat captive breeding CAPTIVE PROPAGATION changes Chapter chromosome climatic conservation biology density Diamond dispersal disturbance diversity domestic ecological ecosystems effective population size Eisenberg equation evolutionary example extinction rates faunas fecundity female Figure frugivores gene genetic genetic drift growth rate Guinea habitat harvest heliconiines herbivores heterozygosity home range important inbreeding depression increase individuals insects insular ecology isolated km² land land-bridge islands large mammals loss lowland maintained males mammals mating microhabitats mutualists National Park nature reserves neotropical number of species occur offspring percent plants Pleistocene population growth potential probably production rainfall require result sample SAN DIEGO savanna selection small populations SOCIOBIOLOGY Soulé speciation strategy studies successional survival rates Table taxa Terborgh terrestrial tion trees tropical forests tropical rain forest variance vegetation vertebrates wild wildlife zoos