The evolution of egg clustering in butterflies: A test of the egg desiccation hypothesis

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 543-552

  Clark, Brian R ^a   Faeth, Stanley H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Chlosyne; Egg clustering; Egg desiccation; Gregariousness; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BUTTERFLY; DESICCATION; EGG; EVOLUTION;

CHLOSYNE; CHLOSYNE LACINIA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0031901202     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006504725592     Document Type: Article

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