Effect of log seasonality on reproductive potential of Monochamus galloprovincialis reared in Scots pine logs under laboratory conditions
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Date
2008
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Springer
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Abstract
Insect reproduction may be affected by a number of factors including seasonal changes in larval or adult nutrition. The effect of season on the reproductive potential of Monochamus galloprovincialis (Olivier) females reared in Pinus sylvestris L. (Scots pine) logs was investigated by constructing fertility tables for each log that differed only in the season they were cut. Population parameters were compared among three seasonal cohorts. The intrinsic rate of increase and most of the associated population parameters of beetles that emerged from logs cut during spring were higher than for beetles emerged from summer and autumn logs. Slight differences were found between summer and autumn cohorts. We suggest that seasonal differences in the nutritional quality of logs caused differences in M. galloprovincialis survival and reproductive potential.
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WOS: 000255143100009
Keywords
fertility tables, intrinsic rate of increase, pine wilt, Pinus sylvestris, seasonal, variation
Journal or Series
Phytoparasitica
WoS Q Value
Q3
Scopus Q Value
Q2
Volume
36
Issue
2
