Effects of variable mating opportunity, delay, and male mating experience on the lifespan, female reproductive traits, and offspring traits of Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 94(2)

Published: Jan. 28, 2025

Abstract The balance between mating benefits and costs shapes reproductive strategies life history traits across animal species. For biological control programs, understanding how rates influence is essential for optimising population management enhancing predator efficacy. This study investigates the impact of opportunity availability, delayed mating, male (copulation frequency) on lifespan (both sexes), female (duration oviposition pre- post-oviposition periods, lifetime oviposition), offspring quality (egg size survival) predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae), an important agent against spider mites. We examined three treatments—no limited (24-h access), continuous access—to assess their effects traits, quality. Further analyses copulation success traits. Our results showed a sexually differentiated response to repeated mating: females with access mates had similar lifespans in comparison those mated only 24 h, while males exhibited significantly shorter lifespans. Both unlimited prolonged pre-oviposition period. However, neither varied opportunities, nor any significant effect other or suggests that provides no advantage imposes observable P. females.

Language: Английский

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Rapid development of wind energy infrastructure threatens bird migration

The Innovation Geoscience, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100142 - 100142

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Unraveling the impact of drought on waterbird community assembly and conservation strategies

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 373, P. 123685 - 123685

Published: Dec. 12, 2024

Language: Английский

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Will red-crowned cranes avoid coastal wind farms? A research based on satellite tracking in Yancheng coastal wetland

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 373, P. 123508 - 123508

Published: Dec. 4, 2024

Language: Английский

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Behavioral and functional responses of different bird clades to offshore windfarms in yellow sea, China

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 373, P. 123784 - 123784

Published: Dec. 24, 2024

Language: Английский

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