Genetic diversity and plant fitness in Sanguisorba officinalis (Rosaceae) populations supporting an endangered large blue butterfly [Elektronische Ressource] / von Martin Musche

"Genetic diversity and plant fitness in Sanguisorba officinalis (Rosaceae) populations supporting an endangered large blue butterfly" D i s s e r t a t i o n zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Dr. rer. nat. vorgelegt der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät I Biowissenschaften der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg von Herrn Martin Musche geb. am: 03. 09. 1974 in: Bernburg Gutachter /in 1. PD Dr. Josef Settele 2. Prof. Dr. Isabell Hensen 3. Prof. Dr. Martin Diekmann Datum der Verteidigung: 10. 06. 2008 urn:nbn:de:gbv:3-000013966[http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=nbn%3Ade%3Agbv%3A3-000013966]Contents Abstract (3-4) 1 Introduction (5-21) 1.1 Consequences of landscape change for the host plants of specialized herbivorous insects 1.2 The Maculinea system 1.3 Host plant selection behavior in herbivorous insects 1.4 Genetic structure, genetic diversity, and fitness in plant populations 1.5 Selection by agricultural practice and succession 1.6 References 2 No experimental evidence for host ant related oviposition in a parasitic butterfly (22) 3 Genetic population structure and reproductive fitness in the plant Sanguisorba officinalis in populations supporting colonies of an endangered Maculinea butterfly (23) 4 Performance and response to defoliation of Sanguisorba officinalis (Rosaceae) seedlings from mown and successional habitats (24) 5 Synthesis (25-32) 5.