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Density-Dependent Recruitment and Diapause in the Spring-Feeding Generation of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) in Western North America.
Weed, Aaron S; Elkinton, Joseph S; Lany, Nina K.
Afiliação
  • Weed AS; Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 (aaron_weed@nps.gov; elkinton@ent.umass.edu) aaron_weed@nps.gov.
  • Elkinton JS; Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 (aaron_weed@nps.gov; elkinton@ent.umass.edu).
  • Lany NK; Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (nina.k.lany@gmail.com).
Environ Entomol ; 45(6): 1352-1359, 2016 12.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28028081
ABSTRACT
Insect populations are affected by density-dependent and density-independent factors, and knowing how these factors affect long-term population growth is critical to pest management. In this study, we experimentally manipulated densities of the hemlock woolly adelgid on eastern and western hemlock trees in the western USA to evaluate the effects of density and host species on hemlock woolly adelgid crawler colonization. We then followed development of hemlock woolly adelgid on each hemlock species. Settlement of crawlers was strongly density-dependent and consistent between host species. In addition, a period of hot days that coincided with the settlement of hemlock woolly adelgid crawlers put our experimental and naturally occurring populations into diapause during April. Diapause resulted in one generation that yr in our experimental population. Analyses of long-term air temperature records indicated that diapause-inducing temperatures in April similar to those observed in our experiment have occurred rarely since 1909 and the frequency of these events has not changed over time. Prior work suggests that hemlock woolly adelgid completes two generations per yr in the western USA with a diapause occurring in the summer. This typical life history reflects the long-term influence of regional average seasonal temperature patterns on development and the timing of diapause-inducing temperatures. However, the timing of unseasonal weather, such as the hot days observed in our experiment, occasionally changes life history trajectories from this normal pattern. Our results show that density-dependent and density-independent factors have strong effects on generational mortality and life history of hemlock woolly adelgid that are important to its population dynamics and management.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Cadeia Alimentar / Tsuga / Hemípteros Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Cadeia Alimentar / Tsuga / Hemípteros Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article