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Egg Clustering Behavior

Egg Clustering Behavior is an oviposition strategy in which a female insect lays multiple eggs in close spatial proximity to one another, forming a cohesive group or cluster, thereby distinguishing it from solitary or dispersed egg-laying patterns.

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Egg Deposition Patterns in Butterflies: Why Do Some Species Cluster Their Eggs Rather Than Deposit Them Singly?

Nancy E. Stamp · The American Naturalist · 1980 · 306 citations

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The Evolution of Egg Clustering by Butterflies and Other Insects

Steven P. Courtney · The American Naturalist · 1984 · 136 citations

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The evolution of egg clustering in butterflies: A test of the egg desiccation hypothesis

Brian R. Clark, Stanley H. Faeth · Evolutionary Ecology · 1998 · 127 citations

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Pre- and post-alighting host discrimination by Euphydryas editha butterflies: The behavioural mechanisms causing clumped distributions of egg clusters

Mark D. Rausher, Duncan A. Mackay, Michael C. Singer · Animal Behaviour · 1981 · 81 citations

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Adaptive Significance of Sibling Egg Cannibalism in Coccinellidae: Comparative Evidence from Three Species

J. P. Michaud, Angela K. Grant · Annals of the Entomological Society of America · 2004 · 79 citations · Full text

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  1. JP
    J. P. Michaud

    Fort Hays State University, United States

    2 publications · 95 citations

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  2. DC
    Drew Carleton

    Canadian Forest Service, Canada

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  3. SR
    Sofie Regniers

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  4. PJ
    Philippe J. R. Kok

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  5. AK
    Angela K. Grant

    Fort Hays State University, United States

    1 publications · 79 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Kansas State University

    Manhattan, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    190 citations

  2. Fort Hays State University

    Hays, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    190 citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    162 citations

  4. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    254 citations

  5. University of New Brunswick

    Fredericton, Canada

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    162 citations

  6. Ontario Forest Research Institute

    Sault Ste. Marie, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  7. Mansoura University

    Al Mansurah, Egypt

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  8. Institute for Biodiversity

    Regensburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    58 citations

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  1. The American Naturalist

    AN · 3 publications · 458 citations

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  2. Journal of Animal Ecology

    2 publications · 65 citations

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  3. The Canadian Entomologist

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  4. Animal Behaviour

    2 publications · 122 citations

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