Studies on the functional responses of Bdellodes japonicus (Ehara) (Acari: Bdellidae) to Hypogastrura communis Folsom (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)

Jie Ji; Yanxuan Zhang; Xia Chen; Jianzhen Lin

doi:10.11158/saa.12.1.2

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1 April 2007 Studies on the functional responses of Bdellodes japonicus (Ehara) (Acari: Bdellidae) to Hypogastrura communis Folsom (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)

Jie Ji, Yanxuan Zhang, Xia Chen, Jianzhen Lin

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 12(1):13-17 (2007). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.12.1.2

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Bdellodes japonicus (Ehara) was an efficient predator of Hypogastrura communis Folsom. It could prey on all stages of the prey, except the egg, but it preferred to prey on young nymphs. One adult female of B. japonicus could consume 7.9 individuals of adult female of H. communis in one day, and one adult male predator could consume 6.5 prey individuals. The equation of predation functional response of adult female predator to adult female prey was N_a = 0.9890N₀ (1 0.0579N₀), with the parameters a (0.9890), T_h (0.0585 day) and N_{a max} (17.09 individuals/day). The equation of predation functional response of adult male predator to adult female prey was N_a = 0.8357 N₀ (1 0.0618 N₀), with the parameters a (0.8537), T_h (0.0724 day) and N_{a max} (13.81 individuals/day).

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Jie Ji, Yanxuan Zhang, Xia Chen, and Jianzhen Lin "Studies on the functional responses of Bdellodes japonicus (Ehara) (Acari: Bdellidae) to Hypogastrura communis Folsom (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 12(1), 13-17, (1 April 2007). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.12.1.2

Accepted: 1 February 2007; Published: 1 April 2007

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