Search for dissertations about: "Felix Sperling"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Felix Sperling.

2. 1. Phylogenetic perspective on host plant use, colonization and speciation in butterflies

   Author : Elisabet Weingartner; Sören Nylin; Niklas Wahlberg; Felix Sperling; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Oscillation hypothesis; speciation; Polygonia; Celastrina; Pararge; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestisk; limnisk och marin ekologi; zoologisk ekologi; Animal Ecology;

   Abstract : In this thesis we have studied speciation in three butterfly genera Polygonia (Nymphalidae, Nymphalini), Pararge (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) and Celastrina (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae). In the first paper a dated phylogeny, based on molecular data, of Polygonia was constructed. We found strong conflict between the nDNA and mtDNA datasets. READ MORE