caa a22 4500 465789234 CHVBK 20180323112018.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01417911 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01417911 Egg load influences search intensity, host selectivity, and clutch size in Battus philenor butterflies [Elektronische Daten] [Francois Odendaal, Mark Rausher] Numerous studies have documented the influence of environmental factors such as host plant species and host quality on the oviposition behavior of female insects. This paper shows that an internal physiological factor, the number of mature eggs a female carries (egg load), correlates with host selectivity and clutch size in unmanipulated natural populations of the pipevine swallowtail butterfly, Battus philenor.In addition, search intensity and host selectivity differed among females whose egg loads were manipulated experimentally before they were released and followed in the field. Females with many eggs searched more intensely for hosts and were less selective when they encountered them. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1990 Egg load nationallicence search intensity nationallicence selectivity nationallicence clutch size nationallicence oviposition behavior nationallicence Odendaal Francois Zoology Department, Duke University, 27706, Durham, North Carolina aut Rausher Mark Zoology Department, Duke University, 27706, Durham, North Carolina aut Journal of Insect Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 3/2(1990-03-01), 183-193 0892-7553 3:2<183 1990 3 10905 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01417911 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01417911 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Odendaal Francois Zoology Department, Duke University, 27706, Durham, North Carolina aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rausher Mark Zoology Department, Duke University, 27706, Durham, North Carolina aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Insect Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 3/2(1990-03-01), 183-193 0892-7553 3:2<183 1990 3 10905 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer