Gregarious Oviposition and Clutch Size Adjustment by a Heliconius Butterfly

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 555-559

  Reed, Robert D ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Communal oviposition; Intraspecific competition; Larval aggregation; Passiflora; Social oviposition

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BUTTERFLY; CLUTCH SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; OVIPOSITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS HEWITSONI; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS;

EID: 1642579553     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00613.x     Document Type: Article

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