Natural enemies and plant water relations influence the distribution of an armored scale insect

Lawrence M Hanks; R. F. Denno

doi:10.2307/1940478

Natural enemies and plant water relations influence the distribution of an armored scale insect

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Abstract

In urban settings, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona infests mulberry Morus spp. trees in disturbed landscape habitats (roadsides, parking lots) but not trees in forested habitats (woodlots). Populations of P. pentagona are contagiously distributed. The patchy distribution of P. pentagona in Maryland is best explained by the combined influences of natural enemies and plant water relations. P. pentagona infests a small subset of mulberry trees in the urban landscape that are without water deficits and free of generalist invertebrate predators. -from Authors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1081-1091
Number of pages	11
Journal	Ecology
Volume	74
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/1940478
State	Published - Jan 1 1993
Externally published	Yes

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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