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Patch colonization by Trirhabda canadensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): effects of plant species composition and wind

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The goldenrod leaf beetle, Trirhabda canadensis, is known to respond to odors of host and non-host species in the laboratory. Here we report movements of T. canadensis in the field in response to volatile odors from monocultures and polycultures of host plants. Overall, beetles preferentially colonized plots with a higher density of host plants and lower diversity of allelochemicals, but under some wind conditions there were marked exceptions. At high windspeeds, they colonized whichever plot(s) was upwind. At low windspeeds, beetles colonized preferred plots even when they were not upwind. The data suggest that odor dispersion varies in a complex way with windspeed: at low windspeeds beetles received information from a wide are of vegetation and made choices while at high windspeeds information was available only from upwind plot(s).

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  1. P. A. Morrow

    Present address: Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, 55108, St. Paul, MN, USA

  2. D. W. Tonkyn

    Present address: Department of Biology, Clemson University, 29634, Clemson, SC, USA

  3. R. J. Goldburg

    Present address: Environmental Defense Fund, 257 Park Avenue South, 10010, New York, NY, USA

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Morrow, P.A., Tonkyn, D.W. & Goldburg, R.J. Patch colonization by Trirhabda canadensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): effects of plant species composition and wind. Oecologia 81, 43–50 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00377008

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