Breeding structure of Drosophila buzzatii in relation to competition in prickly pears (Opuntia ficus-indica).docVIP

A Departament de Genetica i de Microbiologia, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain (Received 15 October 1996; accepted 22 April 1997) are used as for up to four Drosophila species (D melanogaster, D simulans, D buzzatii and D D in southern Spain. field experiment showed that the larvae of buzzatii are resource limited in Opuntia fruits available for oviposition for 108 h. Experimental fruits infested A and the flies emerging from the supplemented halves were, on average, larger than those emerging from the control halves. F-statistics were estimated f