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Adaptive Oviposition

Adaptive Oviposition is an evolutionary strategy in which female insects selectively deposit eggs in environments that maximize offspring survival and fitness through context-specific behavioral adjustments guided by environmental cues and ecological constraints.

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2017–2026

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RAPID ADAPTATION TO A NOVEL HOST IN A SEED BEETLE (<i>CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS</i>): THE ROLE OF SEXUAL SELECTION

Claudia Fricke, Göran Arnqvist · Evolution · 2007 · 150 citations · Full text

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Adaptive significance of communal oviposition in wood frogs (Rana sylvatica)

Bruce Waldman · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1982 · 87 citations

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Correlates of speed of evolution of host preference in a set of twelve populations of the butterfly<i>Euphydryas editha</i>

Michael C. Singer, Chris D. Thomas, H. L. Billington et al. · Ecoscience · 1994 · 59 citations

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Determinants of oviposition in <i>Acanthoscelides obtectus</i> : a nonconformist bruchid

Deborah M. J. Parsons, P. F. Credland · Physiological Entomology · 2003 · 54 citations · Full text

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Who eats whose eggs? Intra- versus inter-specific interactions in starving ladybird beetles predaceous on aphids

B. K. Agarwala, Souvik Bhattacharya, P. Bardhanroy · Ethology Ecology & Evolution · 1998 · 49 citations

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Authors

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  1. JB
    Johan Billen

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    2 publications · 77 citations

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  2. MC
    Michael C. Singer

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 74 citations

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  3. CP
    Christian Peeters

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 77 citations

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  4. BG
    Bruno Gobin

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    2 publications · 77 citations

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  5. FY
    Fadly Y. Tantu

    Tadulako University, Indonesia

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

38

  1. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    169 citations

  2. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    122 citations

  3. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

    Madrid, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  4. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    300 citations

  5. Tripura University

    Agartala, India

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    147 citations

  6. University of Mississippi

    Oxford, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  7. South China Agricultural University

    Guangzhou, China

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    168 citations

  8. Tadulako University

    Palu, Indonesia

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    52 citations

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  1. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

    3 publications · 88 citations

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  2. Physiological Entomology

    3 publications · 131 citations

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  3. Ecological Entomology

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  4. Evolution

    1 publications · 150 citations

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  5. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution)

    Repository · 1 publications · 17 citations

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