On the wings of checkerspots : a model system for population biology

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Hanski, a leading thinker in metapopulation ecology, studies checkerspot butterfly populations in Finland. Ehrlich, one of the leading ecologists and conservation biologist, investigates checkerspot butterfly populations in California. This book reports on and synthsizes the major long-term research of both workers' careers on the population biology of checkerspot butterflies. Content: Contents Contributors 1 Checkerspot Research: Background and Origins 2 Introducing Checkerspots: Taxonomy and Ecology 3 Structure and Dynamics of Euphydryas editha Populations 4 Structure and Dynamics of Melitaea cinxia Metapopulations 5 Checkerspot Reproductive Biology 6 Measurement, Correlates, and Importance of Oviposition Preference in the Life of Checkerspots 7 Larval Biology of Checkerspots 8 Natural Enemies of Checkerspots 9 Dispersal Behavior and Evolutionary Metapopulation Dynamics 10 Genetics of Checkerspot Populations. 11 Bay Checkerspot and Glanville Fritillary Compared with Other Species12 Checkerspots as a Model System in Population Biology 13 Checkerspots and Conservation Biology 14 What Have We Learned? 15 A Look to the Future References Index.