Subtitle:

Rhynchaenus quercus on phenologically ephermal host

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Ekologii

Publisher:

Polish Scientific Publishers

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Description:

Pages 105-111 : illustrations ; 24 cm ; Bibliographical references (page 111) ; Abstract in Polish

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

Individuals of the leaf mining, oak flea weevil, Rhynchaenus quercus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) aggregate on oaks bearing leaves in a proper phenological state for oviposition. As pedunculate oaks differ in the time of spring development, weevils change host trees in the course of sexual and ovipositional activity, occupying those with just appeared leaves. Olfactory stimuli (aggregation pheromone?) connected with feeding by the females on leaves are responsible for the attractance of other females (and presumably males) to such trees. Aggregative behaviour of oak flea weevils can be interpreted as a specific adaptation to phenological ephermality of pedunculate oaks.

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Relation:

Ekologia Polska

Volume:

39

Issue:

1

Start page:

105

End page:

111

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:83539 ; ISSN 0420-9036

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.2840 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

pol

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

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Open