THE IMPACT OF PARASITOIDS ON NATURAL-POPULATIONS OF TEMPERATE WOODLAND DROSOPHILA
THE IMPACT OF PARASITOIDS ON NATURAL-POPULATIONS OF TEMPERATE WOODLAND DROSOPHILA
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DOI:
10.1163/156854288x00049
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发表时间:
1988-01-01
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ROODBOL, N
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JANSSEN, A;DRIESSEN, G;ROODBOL, N
The species complex of temperate woodland Drosophila and its hymenopterous parasitoids was studied to elucidate the importance of parasitization as a mortality factor of Drosophila populations. A total of 5841 Drosophila and 801 parasitoids emerged from the collected field samples, indicating an overall parasitization rate of 12.1%. Parasitization rates during a period of 9 weeks in midsummer wer considerably higher, with a mean rate of 32.5%. Parasitization rates in some substrate types, i.e. sap fluxes of wounded trees, ranged from 70% to 100%, indicating that risks of parasitization for Drosophila species that specialize on this substrate are very high, whereas parasitoids specialized on this microhabitat may experience high intra- and interspecific competition for hosts. It is concluded that parasitization is an important mortality factor during a considerable part of the Drosophila breeding season.