Effects of temperature on aphid phenology |
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Authors: | XILONG ZHOU RICHARD HARRINGTON IAN P WOIWOD JOE N PERRY JEFFREY S BALE† SUZANNE J CLARK‡ |
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Institution: | Department of Entomology and Nematology, IACR - Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2/Q;Department of Statistics, IACR - Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2/Q;School of Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK |
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Abstract: | Daily samples between 1964 and 1991 from suction traps throughout Great Britain were used to study the migration phenologies of five aphid species: Brachycaudus helichrysi, Elatobium abietinum, Metopolophium dirhodum, Myzus persicae and Sitobion avenae, and their relationship with temperature. Regression relationships have been established between characteristics of aphid phenology and temperature, latitude and longitude for each species. There were differences between species in the period for which temperature was most strongly associated with aphid phenology. The study indicates that temperature, especially winter temperature, is the dominant factor affecting aphid phenology, for all five species. A 1 °C increase in average winter temperature advanced the migration phenology by 4–19 days depending on species. Effects of temperature on the aphid phenology are similar between holocyclic and anholocyclic species, unlike the effects of temperature on date of first flight record which have been previously shown to be important only in anholocyclic species. |
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Keywords: | aphid migration climate change suction trap temperature |
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