Natural mortality at different population densities of a pine shoot moth,Evetria cristata |
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Authors: | Keiji Kanamitsu |
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Institution: | (1) The Tokyo University Forest, Seto-shi, Aichi-ken |
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Abstract: | Summary A field population ofEvetria cristata was studied in 10 plots in 1962 and in 6 plots in 1963. These plots were divided into 2 or 3 groups of different population
levels of the shoot moth in respective years. The survival of the insect was then analysed in these different groups of plots.
The survival rate ofE. cristata from eggs to adults in the first generation was found always higher in the group with low population density, which indicates
the existence of some factors that affect the population more severely when the insect is more abundant.Lissonota evetriae andPediobius sp. seemed to have killed more proportion of the hosts where the shoot moth density was high. However, the total effect of
the all natural enemies was not always great in the plots with high density of the moth. The survival of the second generation
of the moth in 1963 was observed to be much higher at any population level than in the other generations. |
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