Range expansion, habitat use, and choosiness in a butterfly under climate change: Marginality and tolerance of oviposition site selection.

ABSTRACT: Poleward range shifts under climate change involve the colonization of new sites and hence the foundation of new populations at the expanding edge. We studied oviposition site selection in a butterfly under range expansion (Lycaena dispar), a key process for the establishment of new populations. We described and compared the microhabitats used by the species for egg laying with those available across the study sites both in edge and in core populations. We carried out an ecological niche factor analysis (ENFA) to estimate (1) the variety of microhabitats used by the butterfly for egg laying (tolerance) and (2) the extent to which these selected microhabitats deviated from those available (marginality). Microhabitat availability was similar in edge and core populations. Ambient tempe

SUBMITTER: Martin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7920772 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature