Ecological Archives E089-084-A3

Daniel Zovi, Michael Stastny, Andrea Battisti, and Stig Larsson. 2008. Ecological costs on local adaptation of an insect herbivore host plants and enemies. Ecology 89:1388–1398.

Appendix C. Egg parasitism data from site Veneto Tregnago.

Veneto Tregnago: 11°10’E 45°30’N,  m 500

Plantation of Pinus nigra, tree height 5–8 m, egg batches (no. 38) sampled from lower branches of 38 trees in March 2004.

Emergence of the second generation of egg parasitoids monitored under outdoor conditions in laboratory during spring and summer of 2004.

Source: D. Zovi and A. Battisti, unpublished data.

Egg batch

Eggs

Hatched

Op

Bs

Others

1

216

208

2

0

0

2

270

216

1

5

3

3

243

108

15

20

0

4

231

165

18

3

0

5

277

187

3

34

0

6

117

75

10

12

0

7

261

120

4

91

1

8

222

183

1

0

0

9

261

195

6

11

0

10

264

186

0

10

0

11

249

207

1

14

0

12

247

147

7

26

0

13

264

194

7

19

0

14

240

231

2

0

0

15

276

221

1

0

0

16

307

136

8

1

0

17

211

150

20

6

0

18

228

154

2

0

0

19

312

200

17

2

0

20

237

109

2

1

0

21

267

220

1

0

0

22

193

144

13

7

0

23

297

209

12

17

0

24

213

177

6

25

0

25

255

152

14

23

0

26

240

176

15

28

0

27

280

270

2

0

0

28

192

154

12

13

0

29

257

114

17

42

0

30

204

146

11

32

0

31

192

130

15

21

0

32

167

107

9

17

0

33

223

103

16

25

0

34

198

163

11

23

0

35

267

199

5

0

0

36

261

184

3

34

0

37

165

137

12

24

0

38

249

148

12

28

0

           

Mean

238.2

166.4

8.2

16.2

0.1

SE

6.6

6.9

1.0

2.8

0.1

% paras.

10.28

       

% Op

33.62

       

% Bs

65.95

       

% others

0.43

       

Op: Ooencyrtus pityocampae

Bs: Baryscapus servadeii

Others: minor species of egg parasitoids


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