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Egg cluster size variation in relation to the larval food abundance inLuehdorfia puziloi (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) |
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| Authors: | Kazuma Matsumoto Fuminori Ito Yoshitaka Tsubaki |
| Institution: | 1. Tama Forest Science Garden, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Todori-cho, Hachioji, 193, Tokyo, Japan 3. Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, 060, Sapporo, Japan 5. Laboratory of Wildlife Conservation, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, 305, Tsukuba, Japan |
| Abstract: | Mean egg cluster size of Luehdorfia puziloi yessoensis varied among habitats. The mean egg cluster size tended to be large when abundance of the larval food leaves expressed as the fresh weight of leaves per unit area at a given habitat was high. Since this variation was observed among closely located study plots (butterflies can easily move between study plots), the egg cluster size variation among habitats is likely to be a result of flexible response by females to varying food abundance for larvae. |
| Keywords: | Luehdorfia puziloi Papilionidae egg cluster size food abundance oviposition |
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