Search Results - "Davies, W James"
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Evolutionary trajectory of phenological escape in a flowering plant: Mechanistic insights from bidirectional avoidance of butterfly egg‐laying pressure
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-05-2024)“…Phenological escape, whereby species alter the timing of life‐history events to avoid seasonal antagonists, is usually analyzed either as a potential…”
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Multiple temperature effects on phenology and body size in wild butterflies predict a complex response to climate change
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-04-2019)“…Temperature-induced alterations in phenology and body size are the cumulative outcome of sequential effects impacting development and are universal responses…”
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Male emergence schedule and dispersal behaviour are modified by mate availability in heterogeneous landscapes: evidence from the orange-tip butterfly
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (06-01-2015)“…Protandry (prior emergence of males) in insect populations is usually considered to be the result of natural selection acting directly on eclosion timing. When…”
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Alpha-secretase inhibition impairs Group I metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated protein synthesis, long-term potentiation and long-term depression
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (29-07-2024)“…Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (Gp1-mGluRs) exert a host of effects on cellular functions, including enhancement of protein synthesis and the…”
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TEMPERATURE EFFECTS IN WILD ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLIES
Published in Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (01-04-2019)Get full text
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Evolution of Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in Male Orange-Tip Butterflies
Published in Annales zoologici fennici (01-04-2017)“…The evolution of adaptive phenotypic plasticity, whereby organisms respond to cues to produce phenotypes appropriate to their future environment, is not well…”
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Maintenance of body-size variation and host range in the orange-tip butterfly: evidence for a trade-off between adult life-history traits
Published in Ecological entomology (01-02-2013)“…1. The evolution of host range and preference in phytophagous insects is driven by a female's oviposition choice impacting her offspring's fitness. Analysis of…”
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