Philip James de Vries - Selected Publications

Selected Publications

Books

  • DeVries, P.J. (1987) The Butterflies of Costa Rica and their Natural History. Volume I. Papilionidae, Pieridae and Nymphalidae. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 327 pp.
  • DeVries, P.J. (1997) The Butterflies of Costa Rica and their Natural History. Volume II. Riodinidae. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 288 pp.

Selected Articles

  • Grotan, V., Lande, R., S. Engen, BE, Saether & P.J. DeVries 2012. Seasonal cycles of species diversity and similarity in a tropical butterfly community. Journal of Animal Ecology – doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01950.x
  • Tufto, J, R. Lande, T-H. Ringsby, S. Engen, B-E. Saether, T. R. Walla & P. J. DeVries 2012. Spatial demography in continuous habitat: estimating dispersal rate, longevity and population density from mark-recapture data. Journal of Animal Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01963.x
  • DeVries, P. J., L. G. Alexander, I.A. Chacon & J. A. Fordyce 2011. Similarity and difference among rainforest fruit-feeding butterfly communities in Central and South America. Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 472–482. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01922.x.
  • Penz, C.M., T.J. Simonsen & P. J. DeVries 2011. A new Orobrassolis butterfly (Nymphalidae, Brassolini): a casualty of habitat destruction? Zootaxa 2740: 35–43.
  • DeVries, P.J., C. Penz & R. Hill. 2010. Vertical distribution, flight behavior, and evolution of wing morphology in Morpho butterflies. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 1077–1085.
  • Jost, L., P. J DeVries, T. Walla, H. Greeney, A. Chao & C. Ricotta 2010. Partitioning diversity for conservation analyses. Diversity and Distributions 16: 65–76.
  • DeVries, P.J., G.T. Austin & N. Martin. 2009. Estimating species diversity in a guild of Neotropical skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) with artificial lures is a sampling problem. Insect Conservation and Diversity 2, 125–134.
  • Hawkins, B. & P. J. DeVries 2009. Niche conservatism and the richness gradient of North American butterflies. Journal of Biogeography 36: 1698–1711.
  • DeVries, P. J., G.T. Austin & N. Martin. 2008. Diel activity and reproductive isolation in a diverse assemblage of Neotropical skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 94: 723–736.
  • Penz, C.M. & P.J. DeVries (2006) Systematic position of Apodemia paucipuncta (Riodinidae), and a critical evaluation of the nymphidiine transtilla. Zootaxa, 1190:1–50.
  • Molleman, F., A. Kop, P. Brakefield, P.J. DeVries & J.Z. Nas (2006) Vertical and temporal patterns of fruit-feeding butterflies in a tropical forest in Uganda. Biodiversity and Conservation, 15: 107–121.
  • Youngsteadt, E. & P.J. DeVries (2005) The effects of ants on the entomophagous butterfly caterpillar Feniseca tarquinius, and the role of chemical camouflage in the Feniseca-ant interaction. Chemical Ecology, 31: 2091–2109.
  • DeVries, P.J. (2002) Differential wing-toughness among palatable and unpalatable butterflies: direct evidence supports unpalatable theory. Biotropica, 34: 176–181.
  • Engen, S., R. Lande, T. Walla & P.J. DeVries (2002) Analyzing spatial structure of communities by the two-dimensional Poisson lognormal species abundance model. American Naturalist, 160: 60–73.
  • Penz, C.M. & P.J. DeVries (2002) Phylogenetic analysis of Morpho butterflies (Nymphalidae, Morphinae): implications for classification and natural history. American Museum Novitates, 3374: 1–33.
  • DeVries, P.J. & T.R. Walla (2001) Species diversity and community structure in neotropical fruit-feeding butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 74: 1–15.
  • DeVries, P.J., T.R. Walla & H. Greeney (1999) Species diversity in spatial and temporal dimensions of fruit-feeding butterflies in two Ecuadorian rainforests. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 68: 333–353.
  • DeVries, P.J., D. Murray & R. Lande (1997) Species diversity in vertical, horizontal, and temporal dimensions of fruit-feeding butterfly community in an Ecuadorian rainforest. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 62: 343–364.
  • DeVries, P.J. & G.O. Poinar (1997) Ancient butterfly-ant symbiosis: direct evidence from Dominican amber. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 264: 1137–1140.
  • DeVries, P.J., J.A. Thomas & R. Cocroft (1993) A comparison of acoustical signals between Maculinea butterfly caterpillars and their obligate host ant species. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 49: 229–238.
  • DeVries, P.J. & G.E. Martinez (1993) The morphology, natural history, and behavior of the early stages of Morpho cypris (Nymphalidae: Morphinae) – 140 years after formal recognition of the butterfly, Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 101: 515–530.
  • DeVries, P.J. (1992) Singing caterpillars, ants and symbiosis. Scientific American, 267: 76–82.
  • DeVries, P.J. (1991) The mutualism between Thisbe irenea and ants, and the role of ant ecology in the evolution of larval-ant associations. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 43: 179–195.
  • DeVries, P.J. (1991) Call production by myrmecophilous riodinid and lycaenid butterfly caterpillars (Lepidoptera): morphological, acoustical, functional, and evolutionary patterns. American Museum Novitates, 3025: 1–23.
  • DeVries, P.J. (1990) Enhancement of symbioses between butterfly caterpillars and ants by vibrational communications. Science, 248: 1104–1106.
  • DeVries, P.J. & I. Baker (1989) Butterfly exploitation of a plant-ant mutualism: adding insult to herbivory. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 97: 332–340.
  • DeVries, P.J. (1988) The larval ant-organs of Thisbe irenea (Riodinidae) and their effects upon attending ants. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 94: 379–393.
  • DeVries, P.J. (1988) Stratification of fruit-feeding butterflies in a Costa Rican rainforest. Journal of the Research on the Lepidoptera, 26: 98–108.
  • DeVries, P.J., I. Kitching & R.I. Vane-Wright (1985) The systematic position of Antirrhea and Caerois, with comments on the higher classification of the Nymphalidae. Systematic Entomology, 10: 11–32.

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