Patch Boundary Flight Behavior of the Mexican Bean Beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
作者:
David M. Marsh,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 24,
issue 6
页码: 1515-1519
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1093/ee/24.6.1515
出版商: Oxford University Press
关键词: Epilachna varivestis;flight behavior;edge effects;diffusion models
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
I examined the flight behavior of the Mexican bean beetle,Epilachna varivestisMulsant, at 2 types of simulated patch boundaries, and compared such behavior with the assumption of random movement often incorporated into simple diffusion models. I also examined flight behavior from the patch edge with respect to wind direction and sex. Movement from the patch edge was found to be equally nonrandom for both boundary types, with =2/3 of the beetles flyingin the direction of the host plants. Beetles also displayed a tendency to fly upwind or perpendicular to the wind at low wind speeds and downwind at high wind speeds. Flight behavior was not affected by sex of the beetles. Because observed flight preference did not vary between patch boundary types or between sexes, nonrandom movement from the patch boundary could likely be incorporated into diffusion models without significantly increasing their degree of complexity.
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