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oviposition host plant choice

Scope: population ecology
Papers: 21 | Mentions: 24

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Definition

The selection of specific plants by female insects for egg-laying that affects larval survival and development

Related Terms (12)

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ovipositional preferenceoviposit

Publications (23)

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Conflict of interest? Investigating the costs and benefits of herbivore defense using the model plant <i>Boechera stricta</i>

2017measured
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Does Road Dust Affect Hylemya Oviposition in Scarlet Gilia (<i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>)?

2017measured
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Road Dust, <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> Seed Count, and attack by <i>Hylemya</i> Flies—Are they Linked?

2016central
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Roles of pollinators, seed predators, and vertebrate herbivores in maintaining females in the gynodioecious <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>.

2014primary focus
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Fitness costs of butterfly oviposition on a lethal non-native plant in a mixed native and non-native plant community

2013Oecologiacentral
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Why do vulnerable mayflies thrive in trout streams?

2011American Entomologistcentral
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The effects of floral fragrance manipulations of <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> on the seed predator <i>Hylemya</i>

2011measured
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Oviposition behavior and offspring performance in herbivorous insects: consequences of climatic and habitat heterogeneity

2010Oikoscentral
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Oviposition preference of the leaf mining fly, <i>Scaptomyza nigrita</i> (Drosophilidae) on its native host plant, <i>Cardamine cordifolia</i> (Brassicaceae)

2010central
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Testing the oviposition cues that drive preference of <i></i>Hylemya<i></i> for different sexes of <i></i>Polemonium foliosissimum<i></i>

2010central
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A comparative study of the cost of alternative mayfly oviposition behaviors.

2007Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiologycentral
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Selective oviposition by the mayfly <i>Baetis bicaudatus</i>

2006Oecologiacentral
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Hydrologic and behavioral constraints on oviposition of stream insects: implications for adult dispersal

2000Oecologiacentral