scholarly journals What can nutritional indices tell us about gypsy moth larvae (Lymantria dispar L.)?

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
Elena Andreeva

In the submitted work, important factors for planning out experiments for studying nutritional indices, whose choice may affect research results, and opportunities for using the indices of feeding to study the ecology of species are evaluated. The dependence of nutritional indices on great many factors and significant variation in their absolute values over different years make possible their research only as part of a complex issue together with population factors and external conditions. A careful comparison of results from different studies is made.

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 514-522
Author(s):  
V. I. Ponomarev ◽  
G. I. Klobukov ◽  
V. V. Napalkova ◽  
E. M. Andreeva ◽  
I. A. Kshnyasev

2006 ◽  
Vol 1071 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria C. Olianas ◽  
Paolo Solari ◽  
Luciana Garau ◽  
Anna Liscia ◽  
Roberto Crnjar ◽  
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Oecologia ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 106 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Diss ◽  
J. G. Kunkel ◽  
M. E. Montgomery ◽  
D. E. Leonard

1985 ◽  
Vol 117 (9) ◽  
pp. 1117-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald M. Weseloh

AbstractThe impact of predation by Calosoma sycophanta L. on an increasing prey population was assessed by recapturing marked adult beetles, periodically observing tagged gypsy moth pupae, and examining gypsy moth pupal remains in different microhabitats. Adult beetles dispersed in random directions but many tended to remain near the trap at which they were originally caught, suggesting a low dispersal potential. About 75% of the adult beetles present in the plot on one day were still present the next day. Capture–recapture estimates suggested that there were at most about 250 male beetles and half as many females/ha in the plot. Calosoma larvae destroyed 70% of tagged gypsy moth pupae under burlap bands on tree trunks near ground level, which was much more than any other mortality factor. Although this percentage was the same when mortality was assessed by looking at pupal remains within 5 m of the ground on tree trunks, pupae higher in trees and on leaves were not attacked as frequently. On average, about 40% of the pupae present in the entire study area were destroyed by Calosoma larvae. Each female beetle in the site would have had to produce about 30 progeny to have this effect. These data suggest that a relatively low number of adult beetles can have a substantial impact on gypsy moth populations.


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