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Insect Oviposition Behavior

Insect Oviposition Behavior is a forensic entomological phenomenon constituting the species-specific selection and deposition of eggs by insects on or near a cadaver, distinguished by its dependence on environmental, chemical, and temporal cues that inform forensic estimations of postmortem interval.

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The ecological detective: confronting models with data

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 1.8K citations

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On optimal oviposition behavior in phytophagous insects

John Jaenike · Theoretical Population Biology · 1978 · 779 citations

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Evolution of Oviposition Behavior and Host Preference in Lepidoptera

John N. Thompson, Olle Pellmyr · Annual Review of Entomology · 1991 · 731 citations

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Oviposition Behavior in Lepidoptera

J. A. A. Renwick, Frances S. Chew · Annual Review of Entomology · 1994 · 567 citations

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BIOLOGY OF MAYFLIES

John E. Brittain · Annual Review of Entomology · 1982 · 403 citations

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  1. RJ
    Ronald J. Prokopy

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    15 publications · 451 citations

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  2. ZR
    Z. Růžička

    Institute of Entomology, Czechia

    11 publications · 368 citations

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  3. SF
    Shôichi F. Sakagami

    Hokkaido University, Japan

    11 publications · 231 citations

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  4. DD
    Dave D. Chadee

    University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago

    11 publications · 346 citations

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  5. JR
    James R. Miller

    Michigan State University, United States

    9 publications · 296 citations

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  1. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    26 h-index

    128 publications

    3.4K citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    21 h-index

    64 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    73 publications

    3.4K citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    20 h-index

    62 publications

    3.6K citations

  5. United States Department of Agriculture

    Washington, United States

    20 h-index

    71 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    20 h-index

    52 publications

    1.9K citations

  7. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    18 h-index

    64 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    17 h-index

    59 publications

    2K citations

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  1. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

    110 publications · 3.6K citations

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  2. Environmental Entomology

    133 publications · 4.6K citations

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  3. Annals of the Entomological Society of America

    127 publications · 3.9K citations

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  4. Journal of Economic Entomology

    112 publications · 2.7K citations

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  5. Animal Behaviour

    40 publications · 2K citations

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