REQUIRED SAMPLE SIZE FOR EARLY INSTAR LARVAE OF SPRUCE BUDWORM,CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA(LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE), IN NEWFOUNDLAND
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 115 (11) , 1523-1527
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent1151523-11
Abstract
Required sample size was determined for early instar (2nd to 4th instar) larvae of spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.). Larval counts on mid-crown 45 cm branch tips and whole branches of balsam fir, Abies balsamea (L.) Mill., were described in terms of the negative binomial distribution. The values of common k for the branch tip and whole branch sample units were 1.550 and 1.636, respectively. The required sample size at densities greater than or equal to one appears feasible. It is recommended that the 45 cm branch tip be used to estimate population density of early instar larvae in Newfoundland. La taille requise de l'échantillon pour les jeunes stades larvaires (2e à 4e) de la tordeuse des bourgeons de l'épinette, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), a été déterminée. Les nombres de larves comptées au milieu de la cime sur les 45 derniers centimètres des branches et sur des branches entières du sapin baumier, Abies balsamea (L.) Mill., ont été exprimés suivant une distribution binominale négative. Les valeurs du k commun pour les échantillons de bouts de branches et de branches entières sont de 1,550 et 1,636 respectivement. Obtenir un échantillon de taille requise à des densités égales ou supérieures à 1 semble réalisable. Il est recommandé d'utiliser les 45 derniers centimètres des branches pour estimer la densité des populations des larves aux premiers stades à Terre-Neuve.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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