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Oviposition Choice

Oviposition Choice is a behavioral ecology construct that denotes the process by which a female ovipositing insect selects specific substrates or host sites for egg deposition, differentiating it from broader oviposition behaviors through its focus on decision-making mechanisms and preference criteria.

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Oviposition Preference

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Evolutionary ecology of the relationship between oviposition preference and performance of offspring in phytophagous insects

John N. Thompson · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata · 1988 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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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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Putting Eggs in One Basket: Ecological and Evolutionary Hypotheses for Variation in Oviposition-Site Choice

Jeanine M. Refsnider, Fredric J. Janzen · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2010 · 429 citations

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    Ronald J. Prokopy

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    23 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. LB
    Leon Blaustein

    University of Haifa, Israel

    18 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. MP
    Myron P. Zalucki

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    15 publications · 671 citations

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    Michael C. Singer

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    14 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. ES
    Erich Städler

    Agroscope, Switzerland

    14 publications · 609 citations

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  1. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    26 h-index

    90 publications

    4K citations

  2. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    22 h-index

    94 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    20 h-index

    60 publications

    3.5K citations

  4. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    19 h-index

    67 publications

    4.5K citations

  5. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    19 h-index

    45 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    99 publications

    3.9K citations

  7. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    18 h-index

    59 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    18 h-index

    59 publications

    1.8K citations

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  1. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

    181 publications · 7.6K citations

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  2. Ecological Entomology

    92 publications · 4.3K citations

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  3. Oecologia

    47 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. Environmental Entomology

    108 publications · 3.2K citations

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  5. Animal Behaviour

    47 publications · 2.1K citations

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