The cactophilic flies Drosophila buzzatii and Drosophila koepferae are generally each associated with a different host cactus, although resource sharing can occur in regions of sympatry. Host choice has been shown to affect several fitness-related traits, but the mechanisms determining it are poorly understood. We investigate how alternative cacti and cactophilic fungi modulate adult host preference (olfaction preference and oviposition behaviour) in both species. All aspects of the flies' resource selection behaviour seem to be driven by both the cactus and the microorganism encountered. In the presence of some fungi, both fly species exhibit strong preferences for their respective primary hosts, while other fungi obliterate differences in...
The cactus-yeast-Drosophila system is a model system in evolutionary biology, and the participating ...
Previous studies have suggested that all populations of cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis prefer pit...
Host plant shifts in herbivorous insects often involve facing new environments that may speed up the...
The cactus-yeast-Drosophila model system provides an excellent opportunity to investigate the signif...
Under the preference-performance hypothesis, natural selection will favor females that choose ovipos...
1. We assessed the host-related niche breadth for D. koepferae and D. buzzatii, a pair of sibling ca...
Competition is a major aspect of the ecology of insect communities exploiting ephemeral and fragment...
Drosophila buzzatii and D. koepferae coexist in the arid lands of southern South America and exploit...
Drosophila buzzatii and Drosophila koepferae are sibling species with marked ecological differences ...
Drosophila buzzatii and D. koepferae are sibling cactophilic species. The former breeds primarily on...
The process of local adaptation creates diversity among allopatric populations, and may eventually l...
Under the preference-performance hypothesis, natural selection will favor females that choose ovipos...
<div><p>The process of local adaptation creates diversity among allopatric populations, and may even...
Abstract\ud \ud Background\ud Studies of insect-plant ...
The host-plant environment of phytophagous insects directly affects various aspects of an insect's l...
The cactus-yeast-Drosophila system is a model system in evolutionary biology, and the participating ...
Previous studies have suggested that all populations of cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis prefer pit...
Host plant shifts in herbivorous insects often involve facing new environments that may speed up the...
The cactus-yeast-Drosophila model system provides an excellent opportunity to investigate the signif...
Under the preference-performance hypothesis, natural selection will favor females that choose ovipos...
1. We assessed the host-related niche breadth for D. koepferae and D. buzzatii, a pair of sibling ca...
Competition is a major aspect of the ecology of insect communities exploiting ephemeral and fragment...
Drosophila buzzatii and D. koepferae coexist in the arid lands of southern South America and exploit...
Drosophila buzzatii and Drosophila koepferae are sibling species with marked ecological differences ...
Drosophila buzzatii and D. koepferae are sibling cactophilic species. The former breeds primarily on...
The process of local adaptation creates diversity among allopatric populations, and may eventually l...
Under the preference-performance hypothesis, natural selection will favor females that choose ovipos...
<div><p>The process of local adaptation creates diversity among allopatric populations, and may even...
Abstract\ud \ud Background\ud Studies of insect-plant ...
The host-plant environment of phytophagous insects directly affects various aspects of an insect's l...
The cactus-yeast-Drosophila system is a model system in evolutionary biology, and the participating ...
Previous studies have suggested that all populations of cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis prefer pit...
Host plant shifts in herbivorous insects often involve facing new environments that may speed up the...