Thermal tolerance and resource partitioning in aphids

0338677 - ÚVGZ 2010 RIV IT eng J - Journal Article
Dixon, Anthony F. G.
Thermal tolerance and resource partitioning in aphids.
Redia. XCII, - (2009), s. 171-173. ISSN 0370-4327
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60870520
Keywords : aphids * coexistence * food quality * resource partitioning * thermal tolerance
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology

That several species of aphids can feed and coexist on the leaves of certain trees is puzzling. Of these aphids some only grow and reproduce actively in spring and autumn, and others only in summer. This temporal patterning in reproductive activity is well documented and common. In the past the summer reproductive diapause in the sycamore aphid was attributed to the low quality of the food available during summer to this and other aphids living on the leaves of deciduous trees.
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