Bark Thickness of Host Pine Trees and Female Body Size Affecting Ovipositional Success ofSirex nitobeiMatsumura (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)
| Autor: | Hideshi Fukuda, Naoki Hijii |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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biology
Host (biology) Sirex Forestry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Hymenoptera 010501 environmental sciences Body size Fecundity biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Horticulture visual_art Botany 040103 agronomy & agriculture visual_art.visual_art_medium 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Ovipositor Bark 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forest Research. 3:185-186 |
| ISSN: | 1610-7403 1341-6979 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02762142 |
| Popis: | We examined the effect of bark thickness of host trees on the ovipositional success ofSirex nitobei in relation to female body size by analyzing the relationships between female body-weight and ovipositor length and between bark thickness ofP. densiflora andP. thunbergii trees and oviposition proportion (the proportion of eggs laid to the potential female lifetime fecundity) of the woodwasp. The ovipositor length ranged from 6 to 14 mm and was correlated positively with the fresh body-weight of females. The bark thickness of host trees had no significant correlation with the oviposition proportion of large females of more than 100 mg f.wt, whereas it was correlated negatively with that of small females of less than 100 mg f.wt. Thus,P. densiflora, which has thinner bark as a whole thanP. thunbergii, may be more suitable for oviposition, especially for smaller females. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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