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Microhabitat specialization and similarity of scale‐insect assemblages on different fruit trees and in different countries
Author(s) -
KOZÁR FERENC
Publication year - 1989
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.1365-2311.1989.tb00767.x
Subject(s) - biology , deciduous , scale insect , niche , fauna , range (aeronautics) , insect , ecology , host (biology) , scale (ratio) , phylogenetic tree , ecological niche , diaspididae , similarity (geometry) , biogeography , botany , habitat , pest analysis , hemiptera , geography , biochemistry , materials science , homoptera , cartography , image (mathematics) , artificial intelligence , computer science , gene , composite material
. 1. Assemblages of scale‐insects on deciduous fruit trees were compared in a wide geographic range of Palaearctic subregions. 2. The parts of all host plant species in the whole geographic region were unsaturated with scale species. There was no clear niche expansion, nor any niche segregation between scale‐insect species. 3. These results show that even plants such as deciduous trees, rich in coccoid species, are not fully utilized by scale insects. 4. The similarity of the scale‐insect faunas on different plant species could be explained partly by the distribution patterns of the insects, and partly by phylogenetic connection between host plants.