Sudden Appearance and Population Outbreak ofEunica monima(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) on Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico
| العنوان: | Sudden Appearance and Population Outbreak ofEunica monima(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) on Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico |
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| المؤلفون: | Kirsty Swinnerton, David Will, Aaron B. Shiels, Juan G. García-Cancel, Christian W. Torres-Santana, Susan Silander, Cielo E. Figuerola-Hernández, William P. Haines |
| المصدر: | Florida Entomologist. 100:176-179 |
| بيانات النشر: | Florida Entomological Society, 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0106 biological sciences, education.field_of_study, biology, Ecology, Bursera simaruba, Population, Outbreak, biology.organism_classification, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Nymphalidae, 010601 ecology, Lepidoptera genitalia, Abundance (ecology), Insect Science, Butterfly, Burseraceae, education, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics |
| الوصف: | We documented the appearance and elevated abundance of the uncommon dingy purplewing butterfly, Eunica monima (Stoll) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), and pronounced herbivory on its host plant Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg. (Burseraceae) shortly after island-wide rat (Rattus rattus [L.]; Muridae) removal from Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico. We confirmed the species as E. monima by using both molecular and morphological analyses of larvae and adults. This is a first-time record of E. monima for the island of Desecheo, one of relatively few documented appearances in Puerto Rico during the last 100 yr, and an uncommon documentation of an outbreak of this species in the Caribbean. Although experimental manipulation would be needed to identify the cause of the E. monima population outbreak, we discuss possible cause-and-effect scenarios. |
| تدمد: | 1938-5102 0015-4040 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::3594eab5c3a7d7ca144180bedd82b8a9 https://doi.org/10.1653/024.100.0127 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........3594eab5c3a7d7ca144180bedd82b8a9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19385102 00154040 |
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