Egg spreading in the ant-parasitic butterfly, Maculinea alcon: From individual behaviour to egg distribution pattern

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 621-627

  Van Dyck, Hans ^a   Regniers, Sofie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Fecundity; Host plant selection; Maculinea alcon; Myrmecophily; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; BUD; BUTTERFLY; CATERPILLAR; EGG; FECUNDITY; HERB; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; HOST SELECTION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARSH; MYRMECOPHILY; OVIPOSITION; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOLOGY; SITE SELECTION; SPECIALIST; SURVIVAL;

FORMICIDAE; GENTIANA; GENTIANA PNEUMONANTHE; HEXAPODA; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA ALCON; MYRMICA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 77956614331     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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