Density effect and intraspecific competition in a leaf-mining moth on bamboo leaves

• 作 者: Xiaohua Dai Jiasheng Xu Qingyu
• 机 构: LeafminerGroup,NationalNavelOrangeEngineeringResearchCenter,JiulianshanNationalNatureReserveAdminist
• 出 处: 林业研究:英文版
• 发表日期: 2019年2期
• 关键词: LEAFMINER DENSITY-DEPENDENT Distribution pattern SUSTAINABLE population THRESHOL
• 基金项目: the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31760173,31260116 and 41361009),Young Scientists Training Plan of Jiangxi Province(20133BCB23026),National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Provin

When confined to a single leaf,the larvae of most leafminers should suffer intense intraspecific competition.The survival and performance of individuals are expected to decline with increasing larval density within a leaf,showing a negative density-depend