Nectar Source Distribution As a Determinant of Oviposition Host Species in Euphydryas Chalcedona

Overview

Journal Oecologia

Specialty Environmental Health

Date 2017 Mar 18

PMID 28310725

Citations 8

Authors

Dennis D Murphy

Marian S Menninger

Paul R Ehrlich

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Abstract

The distribution of nectar sources is shown to affect both the distribution of adult Euphydryas chalcedona and their offspring. We suggest that nectar sources thereby influence the selection of oviposition host plant species in habitats where those species are spacially separated.

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