We explore the relationship between clutch size behaviour and the likelihood
of egg limitation in insects with parasitoid-like life histories.
We compare the incidence of egg limitation in insects that produce
clutch sizes consistent with maximizing fitness per host (i.e. the
'single host maximum', or Lack clutch size) with insects exhibiting two
types of dynamic behaviour. In the first case, insects produce clutch
sizes according to a rule that specifies a negative relationship
between egg complement and clutch size; in the second case, clutch size
is determined by both egg complement and the host encounter rate
using a dynamic state-variable model. The analyses are an extension
of models presented by Rosenheim (1996), which predicted a strong
positive relationship between the risk of egg limitation and the host
encounter rate in the absence of dynamic oviposition behaviour. Our
results are consistent with Rosenheim's, but they show that dynamic
behaviour can greatly reduce the risk of egg limitation and weaken the
relationship between the host encounter rate and egg limitation.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Mangel1998
%A Mangel, M.
%A Heimpel, G.E.
%D 1998
%J Evolutionary Ecology
%K ER; elektronisch limitation;
%N 7
%P 871-879
%T Reproductive senescence and dynamic oviposition behaviour in insects
%V 12
%X We explore the relationship between clutch size behaviour and the likelihood
of egg limitation in insects with parasitoid-like life histories.
We compare the incidence of egg limitation in insects that produce
clutch sizes consistent with maximizing fitness per host (i.e. the
'single host maximum', or Lack clutch size) with insects exhibiting two
types of dynamic behaviour. In the first case, insects produce clutch
sizes according to a rule that specifies a negative relationship
between egg complement and clutch size; in the second case, clutch size
is determined by both egg complement and the host encounter rate
using a dynamic state-variable model. The analyses are an extension
of models presented by Rosenheim (1996), which predicted a strong
positive relationship between the risk of egg limitation and the host
encounter rate in the absence of dynamic oviposition behaviour. Our
results are consistent with Rosenheim's, but they show that dynamic
behaviour can greatly reduce the risk of egg limitation and weaken the
relationship between the host encounter rate and egg limitation.
@article{Mangel1998,
abstract = {We explore the relationship between clutch size behaviour and the likelihood
of egg limitation in insects with parasitoid-like life histories.
We compare the incidence of egg limitation in insects that produce
clutch sizes consistent with maximizing fitness per host (i.e. the
'single host maximum', or Lack clutch size) with insects exhibiting two
types of dynamic behaviour. In the first case, insects produce clutch
sizes according to a rule that specifies a negative relationship
between egg complement and clutch size; in the second case, clutch size
is determined by both egg complement and the host encounter rate
using a dynamic state-variable model. The analyses are an extension
of models presented by Rosenheim (1996), which predicted a strong
positive relationship between the risk of egg limitation and the host
encounter rate in the absence of dynamic oviposition behaviour. Our
results are consistent with Rosenheim's, but they show that dynamic
behaviour can greatly reduce the risk of egg limitation and weaken the
relationship between the host encounter rate and egg limitation.},
added-at = {2009-11-04T17:56:40.000+0100},
author = {Mangel, M. and Heimpel, G.E.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20a69be9d06274c2b3d58f5e9ab2c412a/regineschneider},
interhash = {179d2718d4b8af6558e5f97b48221702},
intrahash = {0a69be9d06274c2b3d58f5e9ab2c412a},
journal = {Evolutionary Ecology},
keywords = {ER; elektronisch limitation;},
number = 7,
owner = {oliver},
pages = {871-879},
timestamp = {2009-11-04T17:56:40.000+0100},
title = {Reproductive senescence and dynamic oviposition behaviour in insects},
volume = 12,
year = 1998
}