PREDATION OF ACACIA SEEDS BY BRUCHID BEETLES AND ITS RELATION TO ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT IN SOUTH-WESTERN SAUDI-ARABIA

被引:6
作者
ABDULLAH, MAR
ABULFATIH, HA
机构
[1] King Saud University, Abha Branch, College of Education, Abha
关键词
SEED PREDATION; BRUCHID BEETLES; ALTITUDE GRADIENTS;
D O I
10.1016/S0140-1963(95)80067-0
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 [生物信息与计算生物学]; 0713 [生态学];
摘要
A study of the distribution of Acacia trees and bruchid seed beetles in southwestern Saudi Arabia revealed that different host-insect pairs occupied a specific range along an altitudinal gradient. Between sea level and 1750 m.a.s.l., the following host-insect pairs were recorded: A. tortilis-B. aurivilli; A. tortilis-B. sahelicus; A. ehrenbergiana-B. saudicus; A. asak, A. hamulosa, A. oerfota, and A. seyal are all attacked by different species of Bruchidius. Between 1750 and 2500m, the following host-insect pairs were recorded: A. negrii-B. arabius; A, gerrardii-B. arabius. The rate of seed predation varied among Acacia spp, but the highest were recorded in A. tortilis and A. ehrenbergiana.
引用
收藏
页码:99 / 105
页数:7
相关论文
共 38 条
[1]
ABDULLAH MAR, 1991, THESIS U WALES CARDI
[2]
Abulfatih H.A., 1984, WILD PLANTS ABHA SUR
[3]
Abulfatih H.A., 1979, P SAUDI BIOL SOC, V3, P139
[4]
Abulfatih H.A., 1992, J KING SAUD UNIV SCI, V1, P57
[5]
ALTITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE HEMI-PARASITIC LORANTHACEAE IN SOUTHWESTERN SAUDI-ARABIA [J].
ABULFATIH, HA ;
EMARA, HA .
BIOTROPICA, 1988, 20 (01) :81-83
[6]
ABULFATIH HA, 1983, J ARID ENVIRON, V7, P35
[7]
Abulfatih HA, 1984, J COLL SCI KING SAUD, V15, P55
[8]
ABULFATIH HA, 1991, SAUDI BIOL SOC BIOL, V1, P117
[9]
ABULFATIH HA, 1981, P SAUDI BIOL SOC, V5, P131
[10]
[Anonymous], 1977, POPULATION BIOL PLAN