Substrate choice by ovipositing mothers and consequent hatchling behaviour: the exploration sharing hypothesis
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- 作者：Kevin R. Abbott1 ; Reuven Dukas ; dukas@mcmaster.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：butterfly ; Drosophila melanogaster ; egg laying ; exploration ; fruit fly ; oviposition
- 刊名：Animal Behaviour
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：121
- 期：Complete
- 页码：53-59
- 全文大小：382 K
文摘
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Female fruit flies are meticulous in choosing where to lay their eggs.
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Mothers reliably choose the egg-laying sites that the larvae would prefer.
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It is, therefore, surprising that offspring often promptly leave after hatching.
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We find that egg-laying decisions are affected by large-scale features of the patch.
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We propose exploration is shared with mothers focusing on larger spatial scales.