TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT FUNCTIONAL-RESPONSE OF THE PARASITOID CEPHALONOMIA-WATERSTONI (GAHAN) (HYMENOPTERA, BETHYLIDAE) ATTACKING RUSTY GRAIN BEETLE LARVAE (COLEOPTERA, CUCUJIDAE)
TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT FUNCTIONAL-RESPONSE OF THE PARASITOID CEPHALONOMIA-WATERSTONI (GAHAN) (HYMENOPTERA, BETHYLIDAE) ATTACKING RUSTY GRAIN BEETLE LARVAE (COLEOPTERA, CUCUJIDAE)
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DOI:
10.1093/ee/20.3.872
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发表时间:
1991-06-01
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
FLINN, PW
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作者:
FLINN, PW
The effects of host density and temperature on the functional response of the bethylid parasitoid Cephalonomia waterstoni (Gahan) attacking fourth-instar rusty grain beetle, Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens) were examined. Five temperatures and six host densities were used. A type II functional response model was fit separately to each temperature. The maximum attack rate ranged from 7.5 larvae/12 h at 25-degrees-C, to 2.9 larvae/12 h at 38-degrees-C. Handling time and instantaneous search rate varied with temperature. A new functional response equation was developed in which handling time is a quadratic function of temperature. This equation explained 83% of the variation in attack rate. Although instantaneous search rate was also affected by temperature, it was sufficient to make only handling time a function of temperature because the two parameters were highly correlated.