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- Title
Integrating optimal foraging and optimal oviposition theory in plant-insect research.
- Authors
Scheirs, Jan; Bruyn, Luc De
- Abstract
Optimal oviposition theory or the preference-performance hypothesis, has been central in the approach for studying host selection by phytophagous insects for most of the history of plant-insect research. The preference-performance hypothesis predicts that oviposition preference should correlate with host suitability for offspring development because females are assumed to maximize their fitness by ovipositing on high quality hosts. Although some studies reported strong, positive correlations between host preference and offspring performance, many studies found poor correlations.
- Subjects
PHYTOPHAGOUS insects; INSECT-plant relationships; FORAGING behavior; PHYSIOLOGY; OVIDUCT; SURVIVAL behavior (Animals)
- Publication
Oikos, 2002, Vol 96, Issue 1, p187
- ISSN
0030-1299
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.960121.x