REU:  How Plant Architecture Mediates Interactions Between  Herbivorous Insects and Their Predators
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This research will examine the influence of plant                          architecture on a predator-prey interactions involving ladybugs                 and aphids.  The hypothesis is that by altering how searching                   predators move between plants, plant architecture can markedly                  affect the impact of those predators on prey populations.  This                 study is made possible by the availability of mutant strains of                 peas that possess strikingly different architectures.  The                      investigation will include: observations of individual ladybugs,                data collection on how populations of ladybugs redistribute                     themselves with respect to patchily dispersed pea aphids, studies               of population change in ladybug-aphid associations over moderate                time periods (3-6 weeks), and the development of behavior-based                 models that extrapolate individual behavior to population                       dynamics.  As a bonus, the two ladybug species, Coccinella                      septempuncta and Hippodamia variegata, will soon be                             introduced en masse to the State of Washington by the USDA.  The                background information on their foraging biology that will be                   obtained should help understand these "invading organisms"                      when they are released throughout Washington.
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