Ecological considerations of the cohabitation of pitcher plants by Wyeomyia smithii and Metriocnemus knabi.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1970

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

30

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

089-090

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Buffington, J. D.

 

Abstract

(BF Eldridge) A clump of pitcher plants containing both Wyeomyia smithii and Metriocnemus knabi (a midge) was studied in the laboratory. Because the mosquito and the midge both utilize the same resource for food (detritus), the author concluded that the 2 species must differentially utilize the resource to achieve niche segregation.

Notes

Author(s) - Buffington, J. D.