Day length constrains the time budget of aphid predators

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    摘要 Phenologyshiftsandrangeexpansionscauseorganismstoexperiencenoveldaylength-temperaturecorrelations.Dependingonthetemporalniche,organismsmaybenefitorsufferfromchangesindaylength,thuspotentiallyaffectingphenologicaladaptation.WeassessedtheimpactofdaylengthchangesonlarvaeofChrysoperlacarnea(Stephens)andEpisyrphusbalteatus(DeGeer),bothofwhichpreyonaphids.LarvaeofE.balteatusarenight-active,whereasthoseofC.carneaappeartobecrepuscular.Wesubjectedbothspeciesinclimatechamberstodaylengthsof16:8L:Dand,tocircumventdiapauseresponses,20:4L:D.Werecordeddevelopmenttimesandpredationratesofbothspecies.E.balteatusgrew13%fasterinthe16:8L:Dtreatmentandpreyedonsignificantlymoreaphids.Incontrast,C.carneagrew13%fasterinthe20:4L:Dtreatmentandhigherpredationratesin20:4L:Dweremarginallysignificant.Ourresultsshowthatdaylengthaffectsdevelopmentandpredation,butthatthedirectiondependsonspecies.Suchdifferencesintheuseofdaylengthmayaltertheefficiencyofbiocontrolagentsinachangingclimate.
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    出处 《昆虫科学:英文版》 2019年1期
    出版日期 2019年01月11日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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