Canadian Forest Service Publications
Influence of temperature and relative humidity on the life-span of adults of the Swaine jack-pine sawfly, Neodiprion swainei Middleton, (Hymenoptera : Diprionidae) 1966. Pilon, J.G. Can. Ent. 98(8): 789-794.
Year: 1966
Issued by: Laurentian Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 15736
Language: English
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Abstract
The life-span of Swaine jack-pine sawfly adults was studied under various constant and alternating temperatures and at four different values of relative humidity. Temperature significantly influenced the life-span of both sexes according to a non-linear equation, and relative humidity according to a linear regression. The influence of temperature varied with relative humidity in the case of males but not in the case of females. The life-span of both sexes was shorter at alternating temperatures than at constant temperatures.