BUTTERFLIES AND PLANTS - A STUDY IN COEVOLUTION
BUTTERFLIES AND PLANTS - A STUDY IN COEVOLUTION
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1558-5646.1964.tb01674.x
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发表时间：
1964-01-01
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影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
RAVEN, PH
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作者：
EHRLICH, PR;RAVEN, PH
在对植物利用模式的广泛调查和影响食用植物选择的因素信息的基础上，对蝴蝶及其食用植物的相互进化关系进行了研究。次生植物物质的进化以及植食性生物对这些物质的逐步进化反应显然是蝴蝶和其他植食性群体进化的主导因素。此外，这些次生植物物质可能对被子植物亚群甚至被子植物本身的进化至关重要。对共同进化的广泛模式的检查允许进行多个级别的预测，并显示出作为理解群落进化的途径的希望。提供的对系统发育重建有用的信息很少。显然，相互选择性反应作为有机多样性起源的一个因素被大大低估了。有人提出，植物与草食动物的相互作用对于产生陆地多样性至关重要。例如，从这个框架来看，热带群落的丰富多样性在很大程度上可以追溯到温暖的气候对变温植食性昆虫的欢迎。
The reciprocal evolutionary relationships of butterflies and their food plants have been examined on the basis of an extensive survey of patterns of plant utilization and information on factors affecting food plant choice. The evolution of secondary plant substances and the stepwise evolutionary responses to these by phytophagous organisms have clearly been the dominant factors in the evolution of butterflies and other phytophagous groups. Furthermore, these secondary plant substances have probably been critical in the evolution of angiosperm subgroups and perhaps of the angiosperms themselves. The examination of broad patterns of coevolution permits several levels of predictions and shows promise as a route to the understanding of community evolution. Little information useful for the reconstruction of phylogenies is supplied. It is apparent that reciprocal selective responses have been greatly underrated as a factor in the origination of organic diversity. The paramount importance of plant-herbivore interactions in generating terrestrial diversity is suggested. For instance, viewed in this framework the rich diversity of tropical communities may be traced in large part to the hospitality of warm climates toward poikilothermal phytophagous insects.