Ecological Archives E089-084-A6

Ecological Archives E089-084-A6

**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 F. Egg parasitism data from site Veneto Sospirolo.

Veneto Sospirolo: 12°04’E 46°09’N, m 750

Natural stands of Pinus nigra, tree height 5–8 m, egg batches (no. 48) sampled from several 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Source: D. Zovi and A. Battisti, unpublished data.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	218	165	38	5	0
2	105	64	30	8	1
3	203	113	66	10	0
4	208	124	66	7	0
5	213	174	31	1	0
6	119	74	32	4	0
7	194	133	43	5	0
8	229	189	25	0	0
9	200	124	56	4	0
10	224	161	42	9	3
11	189	142	30	6	0
12	178	156	2	0	0
13	207	159	4	6	0
14	197	146	5	19	0
15	190	182	0	0	0
16	152	121	30	0	0
17	218	113	90	10	0
18	194	181	8	0	0
19	201	142	52	1	0
20	232	225	0	0	0
21	237	189	23	13	0
22	244	213	11	0	0
23	231	191	26	0	0
24	142	79	54	4	0
25	205	199	0	0	0
26	218	156	12	49	0
27	268	165	39	52	0
28	238	213	0	11	0
29	258	239	0	0	0
30	193	178	0	3	0
31	238	216	0	9	0
32	256	242	0	0	0
33	208	176	0	0	19
34	231	217	0	2	4
35	237	131	0	95	0
36	135	99	0	34	0
37	181	174	0	0	0
38	235	210	0	15	0
39	223	213	0	0	0
40	224	207	0	11	0
41	220	144	0	66	0
42	229	151	0	75	0
43	194	157	0	32	0
44	218	169	0	37	8
45	185	140	0	21	7
46	196	165	0	0	21
47	263	248	0	0	0
48	201	175	0	0	18

Mean	207.9	165.5	17.0	13.0	1.7
SE	5.0	6.2	3.3	3.1	0.7
% paras.	15.23
% Op	53.62
% Bs	41.05
% others	5.33

Op: Ooencyrtus pityocampae

Bs: Baryscapus servadeii

Others: minor species of egg parasitoids

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