The Evolution of Egg Clustering by Butterflies and Other Insects

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Previous articleNext article No AccessNotes and CommentsThe Evolution of Egg Clustering by Butterflies and Other InsectsSteven P. CourtneySteven P. Courtney Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 123, Number 2Feb., 1984 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/284202 Views: 33Total views on this site Citations: 88Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1983 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Callum F. McLellan, Stephen H. Montgomery Towards an integrative approach to understanding collective behaviour in caterpillars, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 378, no.18741874 (Feb 2023).https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0072Mónica F. 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