EGG CLUSTER-SIZE VARIATION IN RELATION TO THE LARVAL FOOD ABUNDANCE IN LUEHDORFIA-PUZILOI (LEPIDOPTERA, PAPILIONIDAE)

Authors
MATSUMOTO K ITO F TSUBAKI Y
Citation
K. Matsumoto et al., EGG CLUSTER-SIZE VARIATION IN RELATION TO THE LARVAL FOOD ABUNDANCE IN LUEHDORFIA-PUZILOI (LEPIDOPTERA, PAPILIONIDAE), Researches on population ecology, 35(2), 1993, pp. 325-333
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology
Journal title
Researches on population ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00345466
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
325 - 333
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-5466(1993)35:2<325:ECVIRT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Mean egg cluster size of Luehdorfia puziloi yessoensis varied among ha bitats. The mean egg cluster size tended to be large when abundance of the larval food leaves expressed as the fresh weight of leaves per un it area at a given habitat was high. Since this variation was observed among closely located study plots (butterflies can easily move betwee n study plots), the egg cluster size variation among habitats is likel y to be a result of flexible response by females to varying food abund ance for larvae.