Interactions between the invasive brown spruce longhorn beetle, Tetropium fuscum (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), and its native congener, Tetropium cinnamopterum (Kirby)
| dc.contributor.advisor | Heard, Stephen | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pureswaran, Deepa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dearborn, Kenneth William | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-01T16:35:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-01T16:35:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-04T00:00:00Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Tetropium fuscum (TF) (Coletopetra: Cerambycidae) is a European spruce borer established in Nova Scotia since at least 1990. I tested whether TF displaces a native congener, T. cinnamopterum (TC), in red spruce. Stressed trees, 24 girdled and 24 felled, were selected for natural colonization: 28 inside the invaded zone and 20 outside. Both Tetropium species and their parasitoid wasps emerged exclusively from felled trees. Combined Tetropium density (inside invaded zone = 0.34 ± 0.07 vs. outside = 0.63 ± 0.19 per m2; P = 0.070) and overall parasitism rates (inside invaded zone = 31% vs. outside = 44%; P = 0.111) did not statistically differ inside vs. outside the invasion zone, but TC density was significantly greater outside the invasion zone (0.63 ± 0.19 compared to 0.18 ± 0.05 m2; P = 0.001), suggesting TF may displace TC where they are sympatric. | |
| dc.description.copyright | © Kenneth William Dearborn 2016 | |
| dc.format | text/xml | |
| dc.format.extent | v, 65 pages | |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/14164 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_CA | |
| dc.publisher | University of New Brunswick | |
| dc.rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
| dc.subject.discipline | Biology | |
| dc.title | Interactions between the invasive brown spruce longhorn beetle, Tetropium fuscum (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), and its native congener, Tetropium cinnamopterum (Kirby) | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Biology | |
| thesis.degree.fullname | Master of Science | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of New Brunswick | |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.Sc. |
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