Diapause by seed predators and parasitoids in Chionochloa mast seeding communities

Diapause by seed predators and parasitoids in Chionochloa mast seeding communities

Chionochloa, a genus of snow tussock grasses native to New Zealand, exhibits pronounced mast seeding. Chionochloa suffers very high levels of pre-dispersal flower and seed predation by three main insects: Eucalyptodiplosis chionochloae, a cecidomyiid midge, which is formally described here; Megacras...

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Main Author: Sarfati, Michal
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Biological Sciences 2009
Subjects:
Mast Seeding
Seed Predators
Megacraspedus calamogonus
Eucalyptodiplosis chionochloae
Diplotoxa similis
parasitoids
Zelostemma chionochloae
Gastrancistrus sp.
Zealachertus tortriciphaga
Diadegma sp.
Dolichogenidae sp.
Uclesiella sp.
Calitulla sp.
Predator Satitation
Prolonged Diapause
Interspecific Competition
Resource Partitioning
Sex Ratios
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2194

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2194

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