Competition and overlap of Oryzaephilus surinamensis and Plodia interpunctella populations under condition of stored date fruits
| Autor: | Masoud Latifian, Maryam Jalili Moghadam, Samar Ramzi Jahromi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Ecological niche Integrated pest management education.field_of_study biology business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Population Pest control Oryzaephilus surinamensis biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Competition (biology) Toxicology 010602 entomology 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Agriculture Insect Science Population growth education business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 24:201-207 |
| ISSN: | 1226-8615 |
| Popis: | Plodia interpunctella and Oryzaephilus surinamensis are found in food storehouses including dates and palm storages. The current study aimed to determine competition and overlap potentials of the two pests of date fruits. Time series models were used to study two species populations and logistic growth model to estimate the effect of density of the species. The results revealed the environmental capacities of O. surinamensis and P. interpunctella were 433 and 1610 (maximum number per 20 g), respectively, and the population growth rates (r) were 1.2 and 1.3, respectively. Ecological balances of the two species were close to each other from the first to the third week. The population of O. surinamensis decreased in the fourth week of the competition. The highest population balance of the two species was in the 14th week. The potential of exploitable ecological niches (eij) and the amount of non-exploited ecological niches by any species (zij) for O. surinamensis was higher than for P. interpunctella from the 8th week untill the end of sampling period. The overlap of ecological niches in the two species (D) ranged from 0.94 to 1, indicating a complete overlap of temporal activity in the two populations on date palm. The current results of this study can be used by integrated pest management specialists. Information over the effects of species competition on population dynamics and their coexistence can be used to predict population status and to adopt simple pest control methods. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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