The Lives of Lepidopterists by Lee A. Dyer & Matthew L. Forister

Author:Lee A. Dyer & Matthew L. Forister
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

Conclusions

A career overview (for JMS) has shown that a continuous integration and synthesis of natural history analyses and experimental probings (with controls) have revealed processes as well as patterns in insect–plant interactions. Considerable efforts were spent defining and examining specialists and generalists (by plant taxon or chemotypes) and also identifying and differentiating host races, subspecies , cryptic species, and hybrid species (Scriber 2011a). Subsequent analyses of “species borders” revealed extensive geographical and genetic introgression . Mark’s major academic conclusions are that neither “host specialization” nor “interspecific hybrids” are evolutionary “dead ends” but rather may serve as a very important part of the processes enhancing biodiversity (Scriber 2010). Public science education efforts (e.g., butterfly houses and insect zoos; Fig. 10.13) and citizen scientist involvement in large programs such as Monarch Watch provide a strong support base for future research and funding justification beyond pure science. It has become more and more evident that social, political, and religious forces shape biodiversity conservation and resource sustainability at local, regional, and global levels (Scriber 2014).

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