Egg load influences search intensity, host selectivity, and clutch size in Battus philenor butterflies
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Odendaal, FJ; Rausher, MD
Published in: Journal of Insect Behavior
March 1, 1990
Numerous studies have documented the influence of environmental factors such as host plant species and host quality on the oviposition behavior of female insects. This paper shows that an internal physiological factor, the number of mature eggs a female carries (egg load), correlates with host selectivity and clutch size in unmanipulated natural populations of the pipevine swallowtail butterfly, Battus philenor. In addition, search intensity and host selectivity differed among females whose egg loads were manipulated experimentally before they were released and followed in the field. Females with many eggs searched more intensely for hosts and were less selective when they encountered them. © 1990 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
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Journal of Insect Behavior
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1572-8889
ISSN
0892-7553
Publication Date
March 1, 1990
Volume
3
Issue
2
Start / End Page
183 / 193
Related Subject Headings
- Entomology
- 4102 Ecological applications
- 3109 Zoology
- 3103 Ecology
- 0608 Zoology
- 0603 Evolutionary Biology
- 0602 Ecology
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Odendaal, F. J., & Rausher, M. D. (1990). Egg load influences search intensity, host selectivity, and clutch size in Battus philenor butterflies. Journal of Insect Behavior, 3(2), 183–193. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01417911
Odendaal, F. J., and M. D. Rausher. “Egg load influences search intensity, host selectivity, and clutch size in Battus philenor butterflies.” Journal of Insect Behavior 3, no. 2 (March 1, 1990): 183–93. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01417911.
Odendaal FJ, Rausher MD. Egg load influences search intensity, host selectivity, and clutch size in Battus philenor butterflies. Journal of Insect Behavior. 1990 Mar 1;3(2):183–93.
Odendaal, F. J., and M. D. Rausher. “Egg load influences search intensity, host selectivity, and clutch size in Battus philenor butterflies.” Journal of Insect Behavior, vol. 3, no. 2, Mar. 1990, pp. 183–93. Scopus, doi:10.1007/BF01417911.
Odendaal FJ, Rausher MD. Egg load influences search intensity, host selectivity, and clutch size in Battus philenor butterflies. Journal of Insect Behavior. 1990 Mar 1;3(2):183–193.
Published In
Journal of Insect Behavior
DOI
EISSN
1572-8889
ISSN
0892-7553
Publication Date
March 1, 1990
Volume
3
Issue
2
Start / End Page
183 / 193
Related Subject Headings
- Entomology
- 4102 Ecological applications
- 3109 Zoology
- 3103 Ecology
- 0608 Zoology
- 0603 Evolutionary Biology
- 0602 Ecology