SGER: Apparent Group Selection on Butterfly Diet

植物-昆虫相互作用的空间格局可能是由植物之间、昆虫之间或两者兼而有之的差异造成的。通常，变异的本质可能会产生昆虫是可变的外观，而实际上是植物发生了变化(反之亦然)。在这个SGER项目中，这位研究人员将梳理这两个变量，以了解一个明显的蝴蝶饮食间性选择的例子的原因。结果将告诉我们，跨种族选择是否真的在这个系统中起作用。这个项目的重要性在于，在自然界中，对于任何生物体的任何特征，仍然没有记录在案的间性选择的例子。这种植物-食草动物系统将为解决这一有趣而有争议的研究问题提供迄今最好的机会。

9905367SingerSpatial patterns in plant-insect interaction may be caused by variation among plants, among insects, or both. Often, the nature of the variation may produce the appearance that insects are variable, when in fact it is the plants that vary (or vice versa). In this SGER project, this investigator will tease apart the two variables to understand the cause of an apparent example of interdemic selection acting on butterfly diet. The result will tell us if interdemic selection really does act in this system. The importance of this project is that there are still no documented examples of interdemic selection in nature, for any trait of any organisms. This plant-herbivore system will provide the best opportunity yet to address this interesting and controversial research question.