Elucidating fitness components of the invasive dermestid beetle Trogoderma granarium combining deterministic and stochastic demography

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 2; p. e0212182
• Main Authors: Papanikolaou, Nikos E., Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Kondakis, Marios, Boukouvala, Maria C., Nika, Erifili P., Demiris, Nikos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14.02.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animal Distribution; Animals; Backup software; Beetles; Biology and Life Sciences; Climate change; Coleoptera - physiology; Crop science; Demographics; Demography; Distribution; Earth Sciences; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Entomology; Environmental aspects; Failure analysis; Female; Females; Fitness; Forecasts and trends; Growth rate; Insect populations; Insecticides; Insects; International trade; Introduced Species; Laboratories; Longevity; Mortality; Organisms; Population; Quarantine; Reproduction; Stochastic models; Stochastic Processes; Stochasticity; Stored products; Surveillance; Temperature; Trogoderma granarium; Zoology; Greece; Europe

The invasive dermestid khapra beetle, Trogoderma granarium, is an important pest of stored products that is subject to strict phytosanitary measures. In this study, we conducted a demographic analysis of this species at 30, 35 and 40°C, combining deterministic and stochastic approaches. The net repr...