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Spatial and temporal distribution of Empoasca vitis within a vineyard
Author(s) -
Decante Damien,
Van Helden Maarten
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
agricultural and forest entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.755
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1461-9563
pISSN - 1461-9555
DOI - 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2008.00366.x
Subject(s) - vineyard , leafhopper , biology , spatial distribution , nymph , perennial plant , similarity (geometry) , ecology , physical geography , botany , horticulture , geography , hemiptera , remote sensing , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics)
1 The intra‐plot spatial distribution of the green leafhopper Empoasca vitis (Goethe) (Cicadellidae, Empoascini) was assessed over three successive growing seasons in a Bordeaux vineyard. Weekly measurements of adult trappings and nymphal counts were performed in a 1.7‐ha plot on 130 sampling points. 2 Statistical and geostatistical analyses revealed inconsistent spatial distributions of adults and nymphs in spring, but consistent spatial distributions in summer, which were identical every year. 3 Similarities between spatial distributions of the mobile adults and the sedentary and aggregated nymphs strongly suggest that adults disperse inside the plot to areas preferred for egg deposition. 4 The similarity of summer populations among years suggests that this insects distribution is based on (perennial) differences in plot characteristics.