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VARIATE procedure and variables not fitting normality
assumption were ln(x+1) transformed. Correlations between
beetle characteristics and the total carbon and nitrogen content
of the host plant were calculated on plant-specific level by Pearson’s correlation coefficient (SAS, 1990).
RESULTS
Both the site of host-plant origin and plant individual
affected beetle weight at the beginning of diapause, as
well as weight gain and weight gain rate during preoverwintering feeding (Table 1). Weight loss varied with
plant individual, but was not explained by the site of plant
origin. In contrast, duration of pre-overwintering feeding
depended on host-plant site, but did not depend on
among-plant variations within a site. The site of host
plant origin affected winter mortality (Table 1). Beetles
that fed on plants from the post-outbreak site gained more
weight compared to beetles fed on plants from lowdensity or peak-density sites (Fig. 1a, c). Higher weight
was attained due to both longer period of feeding and
higher weight gain rate (Fig. 1b, g). Weight loss in beetles that survived during overwintering was similar in all
study sites (Fig. 1d). Therefore, surviving beetles fed on
post-outbreak plants had higher weight after overwintering (Fig. 1e), mostly due to higher water content in
their bodies (Fig. 1f), whereas dry weight of the beetles
did not depend on host plant quality (Table 1). Beetles
which fed on plants from post-outbreak site suffered
higher winter mortality (Fig. 1h).
Although total carbon content in foliage of S. borealis
was similar in the three study sites (F2, 12 = 0.30, P =
0.75), weight gain, weight gain rate, weight at the beginning of overwintering, and duration of pre-overwintering
feeding positively correlated with plant-specific concentrations of carbon (Fig 2a, c, e, g). In contrast, total plant
nitrogen varied among study sites (F2, 12 = 19.9, P =
0.0002), but did not explain any of the studied beetle
characteristics (Fig. 2b, d, f, h).
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
Fig. 1. Effect of the site of host-plant origin on performance
indices of Chrysomela lapponica. a – beetle fresh weight gain; b
– weight gain rate during pre-overwintering feeding; c – beetle
fresh weight at the beginning of overwintering; d – weight loss
during overwintering; e – fresh weight after overwintering; f –
body water content; g – duration of pre-overwintering feeding;
h – beetle mortality during overwintering. Sites differ in the
stage of C. lapponica population density fluctuation: postoutbreak site, peak-density site and low-density site. Each mean
is based on five plant-specific values; bars indicate standard
errors. Bars marked with different letters differ from each other
at the probability level P < 0.05 (Duncan’s multiple range test).
Data analysis. Effects of host-plant individual and of the site
of plant origin on leaf beetle characteristics were analyzed using
the General Linear Model (type III sum of squares); site-specific
means were compared with Duncan’s multiple range test. Beetle
mortality during overwintering was assessed at the plantspecific level, and therefore only the effect of site could be
assessed. Normality of all variables was checked by SAS UNI-
Effect of pre-overwintering feeding on winter
mortality
Overwintering mortality in insects may result from both
inadequate cold hardiness preparation and exhaustion of
energy reserves, which both can be significantly influenced by pre-winter conditions (Leather et al. 1993; Han
& Bauce, 1998). Individuals that accumulate larger
amounts of nutritive reserves during pre-overwintering
feeding have usually higher probability to survive during
the overwintering. For example, heavy individuals of
Meligethes aeneus overwintered successfully, whereas
low-weight beetles did not survive (Hokkanen, 1993). In
contrast, C. lapponica beetles, which fed on plants from
post-outbreak site and gained higher wet weight, showed
larger winter mortality. Comparison of dry weight
allowed the explanation of the high weight of these beetles by higher water content in beetle body.
Body water plays an important role in arthropod cold
hardiness: partial dehydration, which in many arthropods
is a necessary part of preparation for overwintering (Salt,
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Fig. 2. Fresh beetle weight at the beginning of overwintering (a, b), pre-overwintering fresh weight gain (c, d); weight gain rate (e,
f); and duration of pre-overwintering feeding (g, h) of Chrysomela lapponica in relation to total carbon (a, c, e, g) and total nitrogen
(b, d, f, h) in Salix borealis foliage. Pearson’s correlation coefficient is calculated on the basis of 15 plants-specific values.
1956; van der Laak, 1982; Ring, 1982; Block, 1996;
Danks, 2000), may significantly affect cold resistance in
both freezing tolerant and freezing susceptible forms
(Block, 1996) by increasing cryoprotectant concentrations
and reducing ice nucleator activity (Gehrken, 1985;
Rickards et al., 1987; Pugh, 1994; Lee et al., 1996).
Respectively, high body water content negatively affects
cold hardiness and winter survival in insects (Vengorek,
1958; Cannon et al., 1985). Therefore it is likely that high
water content in high-weight beetles of C. lapponica may
be the main reason of increased winter mortality in popu192
lations feeding on plants from post-outbreak sites. It may
be suggested that individuals, which died during overwintering, had even higher water content than the survivors,
and this excess of water caused their death.
Many factors influence the body water content of
insects; in particular, feeding activity (Block, 1996) and
food quality (House, 1969; Murugan & George, 1992).
For example, phytophagous larvae of the spurge hawk
moth Celerio euphorbiae (L.) had higher water content
when fed on unbalanced artificial diet, whereas proportion of water in the diet had no effect on body water con-
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