ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Correlation between nutritional selectivity and migratory activity of Rhizopertha dominica F. (Coleoptera, Bostrichidae)
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Pedagogical University of Cracow, Institute of Biology
Department of Ecology, Wildlife Research and Ecoturism
Podbrzezie 3, 31-054 Kraków, Poland
Corresponding author
Małgorzata Kłyś
Pedagogical University of Cracow, Institute of Biology Department of Ecology, Wildlife Research and Ecoturism Podbrzezie 3, 31-054 Kraków, Poland
Pedagogical University of Cracow, Institute of Biology Department of Ecology, Wildlife Research and Ecoturism Podbrzezie 3, 31-054 Kraków, Poland
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2006;46(4):369-378
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The subject of this study was the lesser grain borer Rhizopertha dominica F. The aim of the experiments was to verify the hypothesis suggesting that the course of simultaneous vertical migration and horizontal spread of the R. dominica population is determined by nutritional and habitat selectivity. The following products were used as nutrients in the experiments: wheat, oat flakes, pearl barley and semolina. It was found that the course of a migration process is connected with nutritional preferences determined mainly by a nutrient type and its granulation. At the initial stage of the study the highest emigration was noted in the oat flakes. After a time the highest migration was directed to as follows: wheat, oat flakes, pearl barley and semolina. Females showed a higher migratory activity.
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