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The Effect of Soil Temperatuers on the Distribution of Neodiprion Sawfly Cocoons
Author(s) -
Stark R. W.,
Dahlsten D. L.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1932990
Subject(s) - sawfly , ecology , biology , larva
The distribution of cocoons of the pine—feeding sawfly, Neodiprion fulviceps (Complex), is clearly related to ground surface temperature. In full shade such as provided by a brush field, cocoons are distributed relatively uniformly in the soil around the host tree; in the open, cocoons are concentrated at the base of the tree and on the north and east sides of the bole.