Journal
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
Volume 75, Issue 1, Pages 266-273Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01043.x
Keywords
cage experiment; point pattern analysis; resource-patch distribution; spatial egg distribution
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1. Laboratory experiments using homogeneous resources were conducted to examine intra- and interspecific spatial egg distribution of D. simulans, D. auraria and D. immigrans in three different resource-patch distribution patterns: patchy, even and clustered. 2. Individuals of each species were introduced separately or simultaneously into the cage, into which artificial substrates were placed and allowed to oviposit for 24 h. Spatial analyses were performed with indices of intraspecific aggregation (J), interspecific association (C) and L-function based on Ripley's K-function. 3. Eggs were always spatially aggregated irrespective of species and the resource-patch distribution patterns. Spatial egg aggregation was influenced significantly by the resource-patch distribution pattern and tended to be weaker in the clustered resource-patch distribution than in the patchy or even resource-patch distribution. 4. Spatial extent of egg aggregation was always beyond the single resource patch scale, indicating aggregation of ovipositing females. 5. Interspecific association of egg distribution was absent or very weak. Thus, these results present experimental evidence of independent egg aggregation among drosophilids.
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