Author(s): László, Z. & Tóthmérész, B.
Title: Inquiline effects on a multilocular gall community
Year: 2006
Volume: 52
Pages: 373-383.
Abstract: The influence of inquiline on the gall of Diplolepis rosae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and its community was investigated. It is expectable that inquilines should cause major changes in the gall-community. Evidences for inquiline effect on multilocular galls are provided and the result suggests that the outcome shows similarity with unilocular ones. Gall size, number of emerged individuals and diversity increased significantly for inquilined galls. Inquiline-free galls showed highly significant positive correlation between gall size and number of emerged individuals. The presence of inquiline entirely annihilated the correlation between gall size and number of emerged individuals. This radical change implied within relationships of gall size and specimen number indicates that inquilines play an important role in shaping the community structure of D. rosae gall.
Keywords: Cynipidae, Diplolepis rosae, species diversity, gall size, number of emerged specimens, Periclistus brandtii, polythalamous gall
Journal: Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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ISSN: 1217-8837
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Bakonyi, G., Mahunka, S., Papp, L., Báldi, A., Csuzdi, Cs. & Forró, L.
