EGG RECOGNITION - ITS ADVANTAGE TO A BUTTERFLY

被引:122
作者
RAUSHER, MD [1 ]
机构
[1] CORNELL UNIV, DEPT ENTOMOL, ITHACA, NY 14853 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0003-3472(79)90050-2
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Ovipositing females of the pipevine swallowtail butterfly, Battus philenor, detect the presence of eggs laid by other females on their host plants. The presence of eggs on a plant inhibits oviposition by a female that discovers it. The selection pressure responsible for the evolution and maintenance of discrimination against plants with eggs appears to be lower survival from egg to adult of eggs laid on plants already containing eggs than on plants without eggs. © 1979.
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页码:1034 / 1040
页数:7
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