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Partitioning of resources by grassland leafhoppers (Auchenorrhyncha, Homoptera)
Author(s) -
WALOFF N.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
ecological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.865
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2311
pISSN - 0307-6946
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1979.tb00597.x
Subject(s) - biology , grassland , competition (biology) , homoptera , biological dispersal , cicadomorpha , ecology , woodland , pasture , agronomy , botany , pest analysis , population , demography , sociology
. 1. Resource utilization of time (i.e. seasonal occurrence of adults) and oviposition sites (i.e. heights of the host plant above ground level) have been analysed in five species of leafhoppers commonly associated with the grass Holcus mollis. 2. The d/w method proposed by May & MacArthur (1972) has been used and when the values for the two resources are examined together it becomes apparent that much potential competition for oviposition sites is reduced by segregation in time. Moreover, potential competition for common resources is reduced by mobility and dispersal of some species.