The Phylogenetic Dimension of Insect-Plant Interactions A Review of Recent Evidence

The dramatic expansion of research on insect-plant interactions prompted by Ehrlich and Raven’s (1964) essay on coevolution focused at first mainly on the proximate mechanisms of those interactions, especially the role of plant secondary chemistry, and their ecological consequences. Subsequently, in...

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Published inSpecialization, Speciation, and Radiation p. 240
Main Authors Mitter, Charles, Winkler, Isaac S
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of California Press 04.12.2007
Edition1
Subjects
Animal ecology
Animals
Arthropods
Biological sciences
Biological taxonomies
Biology
Botany
coevolution
conservatism
diversification
Ecological genetics
Ecology
Entomology
escape and radiation
Evolution
Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary genetics
Evolutionary studies
Genetics
host shifts
host-plant use
Insect ecology
Insects
insect–plant interactions
Invertebrates
Parasite hosts
Parasitology
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Phytophagous insects
Plant Ecology
Plants
Population genetics
Speciation
Zoology
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Summary:The dramatic expansion of research on insect-plant interactions prompted by Ehrlich and Raven’s (1964) essay on coevolution focused at first mainly on the proximate mechanisms of those interactions, especially the role of plant secondary chemistry, and their ecological consequences. Subsequently, in parallel with the resurgence of phylogenetics beginning in the 1970s and 1980s, there arose increasing interest in the long-term evolutionary process envisioned by Ehrlich and Raven (e.g., Benson et al. 1975; Zwölfer 1978; Berenbaum 1983; Mitter and Brooks 1983; Miller 1987). Since the early 1990s, spurred in part by the increasing accessibility of molecular systematics, there has been a
ISBN:9780520251328
0520251326
DOI:10.1525/california/9780520251328.003.0018