Coevolution can lead to complex biological relationships between tropical plants and herbivores, as with Passiflora (Passifloraceae) vines and heliconiine butterflies (Nymphalidae: Heliconiiae). Constant herbivory from heliconiine butterflies has led to the development of cyanide-based defensive compounds by Passiflora, in addition to the more general defense of toughening leaves, found in all plants. To observe the effect of light availability on leaf toughness and cyanide content in Passiflora dioscoreifolia, leaves from twenty plants in sun and shade habitats were sampled in the forests of Monteverde, Costa Rica and tested for their leaf toughness and cyanide content. Plants in the sun habitat possessed more expensive defensive compounds...
The colorful heliconiine butterflies are distasteful to predators due to their content of defense co...
The colorful heliconiine butterflies are distasteful to predators due to their content of defense co...
Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Evolutionary convergence of color patter...
Coevolution can lead to complex biological relationships between tropical plants and herbivores, as ...
Passifloraceae and Heliconiine butterflies have coevolved around a cyanide defense against herbivory...
Herbivore-induced defenses in plants save energy in the absence of herbivory (Karban et al. 1997). ...
Plants in the Tropics must evolve strategies for combating high levels of herbivory with few availab...
Vines in the Passifloraceae synthesize cyanogenic glycosides that deter general herbivores, but Heli...
Passiflora spp. produces cyanogenic glycosides to prevent herbivory. The butterfly subfamily Helico...
Insect herbivore diversity and abundance often decreases with increasing elevation due to greater ex...
Vines of the Passifloraceae contain cyanide that deters most potential herbivores but not Heliconius...
Hostplant specialization is a major force driving ecological niche partitioning and diversification ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the relative effectiveness of Passiflora defenses: elevat...
Leaves that undergo delayed greening with anthocyanins are suspected of having antiherbivore defense...
Carbon-based secondary compounds (CBSCs), such as phenols or tannins, have been considered as one of...
The colorful heliconiine butterflies are distasteful to predators due to their content of defense co...
The colorful heliconiine butterflies are distasteful to predators due to their content of defense co...
Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Evolutionary convergence of color patter...
Coevolution can lead to complex biological relationships between tropical plants and herbivores, as ...
Passifloraceae and Heliconiine butterflies have coevolved around a cyanide defense against herbivory...
Herbivore-induced defenses in plants save energy in the absence of herbivory (Karban et al. 1997). ...
Plants in the Tropics must evolve strategies for combating high levels of herbivory with few availab...
Vines in the Passifloraceae synthesize cyanogenic glycosides that deter general herbivores, but Heli...
Passiflora spp. produces cyanogenic glycosides to prevent herbivory. The butterfly subfamily Helico...
Insect herbivore diversity and abundance often decreases with increasing elevation due to greater ex...
Vines of the Passifloraceae contain cyanide that deters most potential herbivores but not Heliconius...
Hostplant specialization is a major force driving ecological niche partitioning and diversification ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the relative effectiveness of Passiflora defenses: elevat...
Leaves that undergo delayed greening with anthocyanins are suspected of having antiherbivore defense...
Carbon-based secondary compounds (CBSCs), such as phenols or tannins, have been considered as one of...
The colorful heliconiine butterflies are distasteful to predators due to their content of defense co...
The colorful heliconiine butterflies are distasteful to predators due to their content of defense co...
Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Evolutionary convergence of color patter...