ArticleBiology letters2021
Microclimate and resource quality determine resource use in a range-expanding herbivore.
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- Microclimate-based oviposition site selection in butterflies and moths.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Phenological variation in biotic interactions shapes population dynamics and distribution in a range-shifting insect herbivore.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Understanding the biology of species' ranges: when and how does evolution change the rules of ecological engagement?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Environmental variation and biotic interactions limit adaptation at ecological margins: lessons from rainforestPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Climate-driven variation in biotic interactions provides a narrow and variable window of opportunity for an insect herbivore at its ecological margin.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Microclimate and resource quality determine resource use in a range-expanding herbivore.Biology letters · 2021Article
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Abstract
The consequences of climate change for biogeographic range dynamics depend on the spatial scales at which climate influences focal species directly and indirectly via biotic interactions. An overlooked question concerns the extent to which microclimates modify specialist biotic interactions, with emergent properties for communities and range dynamics. Here, we use an in-field experiment to assess egg-laying behaviour of a range-expanding herbivore across a range of natural microclimatic conditions. We show that variation in microclimate, resource condition and individual fecundity can generate differences in egg-laying rates of almost two orders of magnitude in an exemplar species, the brown argus butterfly (
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