Environmental Entomology (1988) 17, 26-34

Hsin Chi (1988)
Life-table analysis incorporating both sexes and variable development rates among individuals
Environmental Entomology 17 (1), 26-34
Abstract: Raw data analysis of an age-stage, two-sex life table, incorporating variable development rates among individuals, is described, using data obtained from rearing the potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). The intrinsic rate of increase is calculated with respect to both sexes. The stable age-stage distribution, stable age distribution, and the stable stage distribution are also calculated. Different results are obtained when the same data are analyzed using the traditional age-specific life table (Leslie matrix or Birch's method). These differences occur because the traditional age-specific life table deals only with female populations and does not take variable development rates among individuals into account. The relationship between the net reproduction rate and mean female fecundity in the age-stage, two-sex life table is described by a simple formula.
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Database assignments for author(s): Hsin Chi

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phthorimaea operculella