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Oviposition Host Selection

Oviposition Host Selection is a behavioral ecological process in which a gravid female insect identifies and chooses a specific substrate or host organism for egg-laying based on adaptive cues that optimize offspring survival and developmental success.

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463

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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An Experimental Study of Co-Evolution Between the Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, and its Hosts. I. Host Egg Discrimination

Nigel Davies, M. de L. Brooke · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1989 · 530 citations

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Host Selection in Phytophagous Insects

A. J. Thorsteinson · Annual Review of Entomology · 1960 · 463 citations

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Egg mimicry by cuckoos Cuculus canorus in relation to discrimination by hosts

M. de L. Brooke, N. B. Davies · Nature · 1988 · 392 citations

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Authors

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  1. RJ
    Ronald J. Prokopy

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    7 publications · 445 citations

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  2. FS
    Fernando Sérgio Zucoloto

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    5 publications · 114 citations

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  3. FJ
    Frank J. Messina

    Utah State University, United States

    5 publications · 119 citations

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  4. JA
    J. A. A. Renwick

    Cornell University, United States

    5 publications · 785 citations

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  5. JS
    Jan Scheirs

    University of Antwerp, Belgium

    4 publications · 627 citations

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Institutions

418

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    26 publications

    1K citations

  2. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    10 h-index

    29 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    923 citations

  7. Institute of Entomology

    České Budějovice, Czechia

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    267 citations

  8. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    443 citations

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  1. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

    35 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Annals of the Entomological Society of America

    23 publications · 760 citations

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  3. Oecologia

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Ecological Entomology

    15 publications · 490 citations

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  5. Environmental Entomology

    19 publications · 559 citations

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