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Entomotropica
Sociedad Venezolana de Entomologia
ISSN: 1317-5262
Vol. 19, No. 3, 2004, pp. 147-152
Bioline Code: em04022
Full paper language: Spanish
Document type: Research Article
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Entomotropica, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2004, pp. 147-152

 es Field boundaries restrict dispersal of a tropical tiger beetle, Megacephala angustata check for this species in other resources Chevrolat 1841 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
Finbarr G. Horgan and Julio C. Chávez

Resumen

HORGAN FG, CHÁVEZ JC. 2004. Barreras vivas como agente de restricción para la dispersión de un cicindélido tropical, Megacephala angustata check for this species in other resources Chevrolat 1841 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Entomotropica 19(3): 147-152.

Las barreras vivas pueden restringir la dispersión de invertebrados depredadores en tierra agrícola y dividir sus poblaciones en poblaciones locales a nivel de campo con consecuencias tanto para la recolonización después del uso de plaguicidas como el control natural de plagas. En el estudio presente se investiga el efecto de barreras vivas sobre la dispersión de Megacephala angustata Chevrolat 1841 en una granja en la costa de El Salvador.Trampas de caída indicaron una aversión a los habitat sombreados,incluso a la sombra de barreras vivas,por la especie.Un estudio captura-marca-recaptura indicó que el movimiento entre potreros es poco común.Tres semanas después de marcar los escarabajos y a pesar de frecuentes recapturas, solamente 2 de 401 individuos se encontraron afuera de los potreros donde se les habían marcado.

Palabras-clave
Megacephala angustata (L.) Sargent, captura-marca-recaptura, depredación, el método Schnable, El Salvador, pastizales tropicales

 
 en
Finbarr G. Horgan and Julio C. Chávez

Abstract

HORGAN FG,CHÁVEZ JC. 2004.Field boundaries restrict dispersal of a tropical tiger beetle, Megacephala angustata check for this species in other resources Chevrolat 1841 (Coleoptera;Cicindelidae). Entomotropica 19(3): 147-152.

Field boundaries may divide populations of predatory invertebrates into local populations at the field scale by restricting between-field dispersalThis could reduce recolonisation rates after pesticide use or decrease the efficiency of numerical responses by natural enemies to pest outbreaks.The present study examines the impact of field boundaries on dispersal of the predatory tiger beetle, Megacephala angustata Chevrolat 1841 at a farm in coastal El Salvador. Pitfall trapping indicated that beetles occurred in most habitats on the farm. In pastures, captures were higherin open, unshaded areas than under field boundaries. Beetle dispersal was examined in a capture-mark-recapture study at the site. Movement between fields was very rare as indicated by a linear relationship between the accumulated number of marked beetles and the proportion of recaptures in each of three fields. In spite of frequent recaptures, three weeks after marking, only 2 of 401 beetles were found outside the fields where they had been originally captured and marked.

Keywords
Megacephala angustata (L.) Sargent, capture-mark-recapture, El Salvador, predation, Schnable method, tropical pastures.

 
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