Contribution to the study of natural populations of Drosophila willistoni of the Rio Grande do Sul State
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Forty six samples of natural populations of D. willistoni from three places of Rio Grande do Sul state were studied between december 1978 and july 1981. The data sugest that this species have a regulation of populacional size by a interection between temperature and humidity. A small coconut (Arecastrum romanzoffianum) show to be a suitable substrate to nurture·and also to ovoposition. Among the places studied, at the Parque Florestal Estadual do Turvo it was possible to observe a fit population of D. willistoni in majority of gathering periods, probabily because the ecological and climatic conditions were move benefic at this place than at the two others.
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