Application of agriculture-developed demographic analysis for the conservation of the Hawaiian Alpine Wekiu Bug
- Author:
- Eiben, Jesse, Rubinoff, Daniel
- Title:
- Application of agriculture-developed demographic analysis for the conservation of the Hawaiian Alpine Wekiu Bug
- Periodical:
- Conservation Biology
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 28
- Pages:
- 1077-1088
- Subject:
- Wekiu bug Nysius wekiuicola Insects alpine climate
- Summary:
- Life table analysis and heat energy accumulation models, commonly used in agriculture, have been used to study the conservation analysis of wekiu bugs. The authors conducted laboratory experiments with the insects by manipulating rearing temperatures for wekiu bugs and monitoring the population growth and environment change. It was found that the optimal temperatures for the bug development are from 26 to 30 celsiums degrees, much higher than the temperatures in its elevational range, which explained why the wekiu bug is only found on cinder cones.
- Label:
- Insects - Wekiu
- Date:
- August 2014
- Collection:
- Periodicals