Factors influencing microhabitat selection and food preference of tree-dwelling earwigs (Dermaptera) in a temperate floodplain forest
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17310%2F19%3AA2001TI9" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17310/19:A2001TI9 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-entomological-research/article/factors-influencing-microhabitat-selection-and-food-preference-of-treedwelling-earwigs-dermaptera-in-a-temperate-floodplain-forest/786489AB6FF9229A614B4EEC268F1201" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-entomological-research/article/factors-influencing-microhabitat-selection-and-food-preference-of-treedwelling-earwigs-dermaptera-in-a-temperate-floodplain-forest/786489AB6FF9229A614B4EEC268F1201</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007485318000147" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0007485318000147</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Factors influencing microhabitat selection and food preference of tree-dwelling earwigs (Dermaptera) in a temperate floodplain forest
Original language description
The ecology of earwigs in natural forest ecosystems is poorly understood.We used sweeping to determine the population densities of adult earwigs, by sex and species, on ten tree species in a temperate floodplain forest in southern Moravia (Czech Republic). We also determined the relationships between the properties of tree species and earwig density and diet as indicated by digestive tract contents. The densities and diet composition of earwigs differed between the three detected earwig species [Apterygida media (Hagenbach, 1822), Chelidurella acanthopygia (Genè, 1832) and Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758] and among tree species. Earwig densities were related to lichen coverage and fungal coverage on the trees. The diet of earwigs was associated with specific leaf area, herbivore damage to the leaves, and light exposure of the trees. A. media was the most abundant of the three earwig species. Although the contents of its digestive tract changed depending on available food resources, A. media appeared to preferentially consume soft-bodied insect herbivores and fungi associated with wounds caused by herbivores rather than plant material. Therefore, this species has the potential to help reduce the population densities of soft-bodied pests of forest trees.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10616 - Entomology
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Bulletin of Entomological Research
ISSN
0007-4853
e-ISSN
1475-2670
Volume of the periodical
109
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
54-61
UT code for WoS article
000483205400006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85042209327