Dispersion Patterns of the Red Imported Fire Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Aphids, and Some Predaceous Insects in East Texas Cotton Fields1
作者:
Joseph J. Reilly,
Winfield L. Sterling,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 12,
issue 2
页码: 380-385
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1983
DOI:10.1093/ee/12.2.380
出版商: Oxford University Press
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
Discrete frequency distributions, obtained from count data onSolenopsis invictaBuren,Aphisspp.,Pseudatomoscelis seriatus(Reuter) adults and nymphs.Orius insidiosus(Say).Nabisspp., andGeocorisspp., in 1973 and 1974, were fitted to seven mathematical frequency distribution models. The negative binomial distribution best described the dispersion pattern of these insects in both years, indicating an aggregated, nonrandom dispersion pattern. The parameter k of the negative binomial distribution was used to quantify the aggregation of these insects. The maximum likelihood estimate and the moment estimate were two methods used to estimate the parameter k. A common k was calculated for each insect studied, to determine whether the estimated k values were common to all sampling dates over a season. As indicated by common k values,Aphisspp. andS. invictawere highly aggregated.P. seriatusnymphs were more aggregated than the adults. Among the predators,Nabisspp. were more aggregated thanO. insidiosus;andGeocorisspp. were the least aggregated. Taylor's power law was fitted to the variance and mean density values for each insect. The power function well described the relation between the variance and mean density value for each insect
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