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Dispersal distances of the Caribbean fruit fly, corn planthopper and Cuban May beetle
Author(s) -
Wolfenbarger D. O.,
Samol H. H.,
Habeck D. H.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
population ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1438-390X
pISSN - 1438-3896
DOI - 10.1007/bf02754086
Subject(s) - biology , planthopper , biological dispersal , brown planthopper , agronomy , insect , ecology , hemiptera , demography , population , biochemistry , sociology , gene
Summary Adults of the Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa ( Loew ), and Cuban May beetle, Phyllophaga bruneri Chapin , were recovered at various distances from release sites. Corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis ( Ashmead ), adults were numerous and more dead corn plants were found beside the grassy areas indicating that incidence of the disease was related to the insect abundance. Regression curves showed that rates of dispersion of insects or incidence of dead corn plants were related to distance.