Title:

Niche segregation and coexistence of parasitic Hymenoptera of the Aspilota genus group (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in a beech forest on limestone

Subtitle:

Coexistence of Parasitic Hymenoptera

Creator:

Ulrich, Werner

Contributor:

Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology

Publisher:

Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology. Publishing Office

Place of publishing:

Dziekanów Leśny

Date issued/created:

2000

Description:

Pages 225-238 : illustrations ; 27 cm ; Bibliographical references (pages 236-238)

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Hymenoptera ; Braconidae ; Aspilota ; coexistence ; niche ; core-satellite ; aggregation ; beech forest ; Zipf-Mandelbrot

Abstract:

ln a beech forest on limestone (Northern Germay) community structure and coexistence of a community of phorid (Diptera) parasitoids (Aspilota and Orthostigma spp., Hymenoptera, Braconidae) was studied. A classical niche analysis including character displacement, temporal and spatial segregation and density fluctuations could not clearly separate the species. In a case where such a separation by morphological factors was possible, hosts and spatial distribution of this species were the same as in morphologically different species. As predicted from aggregation theory of coexistence all species were highly aggregated but aggregation and density appeared not to be correlated. In line with the core-satellite hypothesis bimodal species rank order distributions (temporal and in relation to density) with a high number of rare species were found and patch density was correlated with number of patches occupied. Relative abundance distributions were fitted by Zipf-Mandelbrot but not by log-normal or log-series models.

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Relation:

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volume:

48

Issue:

3

Start page:

225

End page:

238

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Resource Identifier:

ISSN 1505-2249

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.2840 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

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