MIGRATION FOR SURVIVAL - FINE-SCALE POPULATION REDISTRIBUTION IN AN APHID, MYZUS-PERSICAE
MIGRATION FOR SURVIVAL - FINE-SCALE POPULATION REDISTRIBUTION IN AN APHID, MYZUS-PERSICAE
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DOI:
10.2307/5039
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发表时间:
1990-10-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
TAYLOR, LR
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作者:
HARRINGTON, R;TAYLOR, LR
(1) The continuous spatial redistribution of apterous virginoparous peach-potato aphid (Myzus persicae) colonies on isolated cabbage plants growing in a field was investigated during three successive winters; during one winter the spatial structure of twenty colonies was analysed in detail. (2) The aphids lived and fed on older leaves and migrated repeatedly up the plant before basal leaves successively abscised. Emigration anticipated resource depletion; failure to migrate was always fatal. (3) Between six and seventeen such migrations were necessary for a colony to survive the winter; individuals of all ages migrated. Reproduction declined over winter and the colonies progressively diminished in size until spring when reproduction exceeded mortality. (4) The spatial distribution of individuals on the plant was the product of the directed movement of the individuals, the resulting mortality of those that failed to migrate and the reproduction of those that did migrate successfully. Reproduction was low for most of the period and its effect rapidly dissipated. No competition was detected. (5) During successive changes of colony size, age structure and disposition on the plant, the parameter b, in log (spatial variance = a+b blog (mean ''population'' density), remained constant except in response to the behavioural reaction to leaf ageing; a differed with age of leaves and of aphids. (6) It is suggested that population models require more precise definition of ''population'' and ''migration'' before their real value can be assessed by experiment.