Energy budget of wood-feeding larvae of Corymbia rubra (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Title:

Energy budget of wood-feeding larvae of Corymbia rubra (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Creator:

Walczyńska, Aleksandra

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:79701323-cd71-45b5-ab71-2b6263642bba
uuid:79701323-cd71-45b5-ab71-2b6263642bba

Subject:

Cerambycidae, Corymbia rubra, assimilation efficiency, bioenergetic parameters, consumption rate, energy budget, energy value, growth rate, larvae, longhorn beetle, metabolism, respiration rate, wood-feeding, and xylem-feeding

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

The energy budget of xylem-feeding Corymbia rubra (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) larvae was estimated by determining bioenergetic parameters. The values of several of the life history and bioenergetic parameters of this wood-feeding insect are exceptional and associated with specific adaptations to living in and feeding on wood. The energy budget of C. rubra sheds light on the life strategy of a xylem-feeder. Its slow growth (0.012 mg × mg-1 × d-1) is associated with a low consumption rate (0.097 mg × mg-1 × d-1) and the low nutritional value of its food (the assimilation efficiency is 34%). The gross growth and net growth efficiency are 15% and 43%, respectively.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2007 Volume:104 | Number:2

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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