Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2884
Title: Geographical distributions, relative abundance and coexistence of 'Drosophila aldrichi' and 'Drosophila buzzatii' in Australia
Contributor(s): Barker, J Stuart F  (author)orcid ; Krebbs, Robert A (author); Davies, Hylton Ian (author)
Publication Date: 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01470.x
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2884
Abstract: Climatic data and collection records for the 'cactophilic Drosophila aldrichi' and 'Drosophila buzzatii' for 97 localities were used to examine the effects of geographical location, season, host plant species and climatic factors on their range and relative abundance. Temporal variation in relative abundance was assessed from monthly collections over 4 years at one locality. Effects of weather variables over the 28 days before each collection were examined. A generalized linear model of the spatial data showed significant geographical variation in relative abundance, and significant climatic effects, with the proportion of 'D. aldrichi' higher in the warm season, and increasing as temperature variation decreased and moisture indices increased. The temporal data gave generally concordant results, as D. aldrichi proportion was higher in summer and autumn, and increased as maximum and minimum temperatures increased, and as variation in maximum temperature decreased. In a laboratory competition experiment, 'D. aldrichi' eliminated 'D. buzzatii' at 31°C, but was itself eliminated at 18°C and 25°C. The range of 'D. buzzatii' is constrained only by availability of its host plant, Opuntia species, although its relative abundance is reduced in the northern part of its distribution. The range of 'D. aldrichi', from central Queensland to northern NSW, Australia, is entirely within that of 'D. buzzatii', and its relative abundance decreases from north to south. Both climate and weather, particularly temperature variability, have direct effects on the relative abundances of the two species, and both likely act indirectly by influencing the outcome of interspecific competition.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Austral Ecology, 30(5), p. 546-557
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 1442-9993
1442-9985
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060411 Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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