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Author Jiggins, Chris D., author

Title The ecology and evolution of Heliconius butterflies / Chris D. Jiggins (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK)
Edition First edition
Published Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 277 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Summary The Heliconius butterflies are one of the classic systems in evolutionary biology and have contributed hugely to our understanding of evolution over the last 150 years. Their dramatic radiation and remarkable mimicry has fascinated biologists since the days of Bates, Wallace, and Darwin. 'The Ecology and Evolution of Heliconius Butterflies' is the first thorough and accessible treatment of the ecology, genetics, and behaviour of these butterflies, exploring how they offer remarkable insights into tropical biodiversity. The book starts by outlining some of the evolutionary questions that Heliconius research has helped to address, then moves on to an overview of the butterflies themselves and their ecology and behaviour before focussing on wing pattern evolution, and finally, speciation. Richly illustrated with 32 colour plates, this book makes the extensive scientific literature on Heliconius butterflies accessible to a wide audience of professional ecologists, evolutionary biologists, entomologists, and amateur collectors
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-266) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Heliodinidae.
Heliodinidae -- Evolution
Butterflies -- Ecology
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
Butterflies -- Ecology
Heliodinidae
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780192509086
019250908X
9780191833922
0191833924