Hidden neotropical diversity: Greater than the sum of its parts

被引：54

作者：

Condon, Marty A. ^{[1
,2
]}

Scheffer, Sonja J. ^{[2
,3
,4
]}

Lewis, Matthew L. ^{[3
]}

Swensen, Susan M. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Cornell Coll, Dept Biol, Mt Vernon, IA 52314 USA

[2] Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Amer Hist, Dept Entomol, Washington, DC 20560 USA

[3] USDA ARS, Syst Entomol Lab, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA

[4] Univ Maryland, Dept Entomol, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

[5] Ithaca Coll, Dept Biol, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA

来源：

SCIENCE | 2008年 / 320卷 / 5878期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.1155832

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The diversity of tropical herbivorous insects has been explained as a direct function of plant species diversity. Testing that explanation, we reared 2857 flies from flowers and seeds of 24 species of plants from 34 neotropical sites. Samples yielded 52 morphologically similar species of flies and documented highly conserved patterns of specificity to host taxa and host parts. Widespread species of plants can support 13 species of flies. Within single populations of plants, we typically found one or more fly species specific to female flowers and multiple specialists on male flowers. We suggest that neotropical herbivorous insect diversity is not simply a function of plant taxonomic and architectural diversity, but also reflects the geographic distribution of hosts and the age and area of the neotropics.

引用

页码：928 / 931

页数：4

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