Abstract
Temperature is a critical single factor influencing insect population dynamics, and is foundational for improving our understanding of the phenology of invasive species adapting to new agroecosystems or in the process of range expansion. An age-stage, two-sex life table was therefore developed to analyze fundamental demographic features such as development, survival, and reproduction of a Minnesota-acclimated population of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys), in the north central USA. All salient life history parameters were estimated to better understand the population growth potential of H. halys at the current limit of its northern range in North America. We examined the effect of selected constant temperatures on immature development and survival (15–39 °C), and adult reproduction longevity (17–36 °C) of H. halys in the laboratory. The Minnesota population developed faster and survived at higher rates relative to a population that had previously established in Pennsylvania, USA. Mean generation time for the Minnesota population was minimized at 30 °C, while survival and fecundity were maximized at 27 and 23 °C, respectively. Given these findings, we assessed the effect of temperature on the intrinsic rate of increase (rm), the life table parameter that integrates the effects of temperature on development, survival, and reproduction. A Ratkowsky model predicted rm was maximized (0.0899) at 27.5 °C. We discuss the implications of our findings for understanding population growth rates for H. halys in the context of a warming climate, and potential to emerge as a serious crop pest in the Midwest U.S. region.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 108 |
Journal | Insects |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding: Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center through the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative‐Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). We also acknowledge support from the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
Funding Information:
Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center through the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). We also acknowledge support from the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. Acknowledgments: Authors are grateful for the infrastructural support provided by Robert Koch, for laboratory assistance in managing the laboratory colony and for conduct of experimental studies by Eric burkness, Sarah Holle, and Dominique Ebbenga, and for review of an earlier version of this manuscript by four anonymous reviewers.
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Keywords
- Age-stage two-sex life tables
- Brown marmorated stink bug
- Development
- Intrinsic rate of increase
- Temperature
- Thermal optimum