Ecological Archives E088-062-A1

Karsten Mody, Sybille B. Unsicker, and K. Eduard Linsenmair. 2007. Fitness related diet-mixing by intraspecific host-plant-switching of specialist insect herbivores. Ecology 88:1012–1020.

Appendix A. A table with information on Chrysopsyche imparilis caterpillar assignment to feeding treatments and feeding order.

TABLE A1. First instar caterpillars of Chrysopsyche imparilis out of two clutches assigned to the different experimental groups. N = number of individuals per group. Cf 1–Cf 6 = Combretum fragrans individuals 1 to 6. Starting plants for “mixed-plant diet” feeding treatments in bold.

Feeding treatment

No. groups per clutch

Clutch 1 (N)

Clutch 2 (N)

Single-plant diet

 

 

 

Cf 1

1

8

8

Cf 2

1

8

8

Cf 3

1

8

8

Cf 4

1

8

8

Cf 5

1

8

8

Cf 6

1

8

8

Mixed-plant diet
Feeding order:

 

 

 

Cf 1 , Cf 2, Cf 3, Cf 4, Cf 5, Cf 6

1

8

8

Cf 2 , Cf 3, Cf 4, Cf 5, Cf 6, Cf 1

1

8

8

Cf 3 , Cf 4, Cf 5, Cf 6, Cf 1, Cf 2

1

8

8

Cf 4 , Cf 5, Cf 6, Cf 1, Cf 2, Cf 3

1

8

8

Cf 5 , Cf 6, Cf 1, Cf 2, Cf 3, Cf 4

1

8

8

Cf 6 , Cf 1, Cf 2, Cf 3, Cf 4, Cf 5

1

8

8



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