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Sources of intraspecific variation in the hostplant seeking behavior of Colias butterflies

Authors: Stanton, M. L.; Cook, R. E.
Year: 1983
Journal: Oecologia, Vol. 60, pp. 365-370
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/bf00376853
Keywords: ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL REPRODUCTION, FORAGING, INDIVIDUAL VARIATION, PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS, RMBL

Abstract

Females tended to specialize upon one or two species, at least in the short term, and the pattern of oligophagy for the population as a whole is partly generated by variation in the host-seeking behavior of individual females.

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