LE3 .A278 2000

2000

Bondrup-Nielsen, Soren

Acadia University

Master of Science

Masters

Biology

Biology

I used Capture-Mark-Recapture methods to measure and model movement in the forked fungus beetle, 'Bolitotherus cornutus' Panzer (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Age, sex, and mode of movement (whether by walking or flying) were explicitly treated. The objectives of the study were to examine the movement abilities of the different sexes, the teneral and adult stages of the forked fungus beetle life cycle, and also to look at whether the beetles are walking or flying over the scale examined. An experimental model system constructed of patches of logs hosting the fungus 'Fomes fomentarius' (Polyporaceae) was used to follow the movements of 'B. cornutus'. Additionally, an experiment was done to explore the ability of the forked fungus beetle, 'Bolitotherus cornutus', to detect its fungal host, 'Fomes fomentarius' by chemosensory methods. A choice-test was conducted using a tube with 'F. fomentarius' at one end, and 'Coprinus atramentarius' (Coprinaceae) at the other. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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