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Effect of host availability on Trichogramma cordubensis (Insecta: Hymenoptera) reproductive strategies

dc.contributor.authorGarcia, Patrícia
dc.contributor.authorTavares, João
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-18T15:30:48Z
dc.date.available2011-01-18T15:30:48Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractThe effect of host availability on Trichogramma cordubensis Vargas & Cabello (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) fecundity and survival rates was analyzed in this study. When hosts were daily provided (either with an unlimited or limited number), wasps had the highest rate of reproduction in the first day of parasitism, decreasing with oscillating values thereafter. When a limited number of hosts was provided with 3 days intervals, the parasitoids reproduction rate was significantly reduced, tending to be equally distributed throughout lifetime. A positive linear relation was found between reproduction and survival: wasps that had daily oviposited had greater longevity than those that had oviposited only every 3 days or did not oviposit. These results suggest that T. cordubensis is able to adjust fecundity schedule as an adaptation to changing hosts resources, which is an important survival feature for this species as host shortage is likely to occur in nature.por
dc.identifier.citationGARCIA, P. & J. TAVARES, (2001). Effect of host availability on Trichogramma cordubensis (Insecta: Hymenoptera) reproductive strategies. “Arquipélago. Life and Marine Sciences”, Supl. 2(B): 43-49.por
dc.identifier.issn0873-4704
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/831
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.publisherUniversidade dos Açorespor
dc.relation.ispartofseriesArquipélago. Life and Marine Sciences;Supl. 2(B)
dc.subjectReproductive Strategiespor
dc.subjectTrichogramma cordubensis Vargas & Cabellopor
dc.titleEffect of host availability on Trichogramma cordubensis (Insecta: Hymenoptera) reproductive strategiespor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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