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To pool or not to pool: Pooled metabarcoding does not affect estimates of prey diversity in spider gut content analysis 汇集还是不汇集?集合代谢编码不会影响蜘蛛肠道成分分析中对猎物多样性的估计
IF 2 3区 农林科学
Ecological Entomology Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1111/een.13382
Anja Carina Melcher, Sven Weber, Klaus Birkhofer, Danilo Harms, Henrik Krehenwinkel
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What determines the antipredator strategy in antlion larvae? Burrowing ability decreases the duration of post‐contact immobility 是什么决定了蚁狮幼虫的反捕食策略?穴居能力缩短了接触后不动的持续时间
IF 2.2 3区 农林科学
Ecological Entomology Pub Date : 2024-09-17 DOI: 10.1111/een.13384
Alejandro G. Farji‐Brener, Moisés Enríquez, Diego Rosey, Paulina Arroyo‐Gerala, Víctor Arroyo‐Rodríguez
{"title":"What determines the antipredator strategy in antlion larvae? Burrowing ability decreases the duration of post‐contact immobility","authors":"Alejandro G. Farji‐Brener, Moisés Enríquez, Diego Rosey, Paulina Arroyo‐Gerala, Víctor Arroyo‐Rodríguez","doi":"10.1111/een.13384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13384","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:list> <jats:list-item>For prey exhibiting alternative antipredator strategies, selecting the most effective one is critical for survival. However, what determines such selection remains an open question. We hypothesised that this selection depends on prey skill.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>We test this idea in <jats:italic>Myrmeleon immaculatus</jats:italic> De Geer, 1773 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) antlion larvae that exhibit two alternative antipredator behaviours: post‐contact immobility (PCI) and burying. As the larvae live under sandy soils, PCI is only a temporary strategy, and eventually, all larvae will burrow. However, deciding how long to remain immobile before burying may depend on how fast larvae bury themselves (i.e., how quickly the individual can camouflage itself in the substrate).</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>In a tropical forest from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, we measured the PCI duration, bury time and body size of 45 larvae in a fine‐grained experimental substrate. We also measured the mandible length to assess their effects on burying skills.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>The PCI duration was consistently shorter in larvae that took less time to bury but was longer and more variable in larvae that took more time to bury. This effect was independent of larvae body size. Mandible length did not affect burial time.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Our findings suggest that when a given prey should select between two mutually excluding antipredator strategies, the intrinsic skill to perform the most relevant one (how fast burying themselves, in this case) may modulate the duration of the other (PCI, in this case). This reinforces the role of predation as a selective force that modulates prey behaviours.</jats:list-item> </jats:list>","PeriodicalId":50557,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Entomology","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142265967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Fire ants mediate competition between scale insects and fruit flies 火蚁调解鳞翅目昆虫和果蝇之间的竞争
IF 2.2 3区 农林科学
Ecological Entomology Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1111/een.13377
Jian Wen, Lu Xiao, Yan Zou, Kewei Chen, Yongyue Lu, Lang Fu, Yiqiang Weng, Fengqin Cao
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Suspended resting of caterpillars as an anti‐predator strategy 毛虫的悬停休息是一种反捕食者策略
IF 2.2 3区 农林科学
Ecological Entomology Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1111/een.13374
Satoru Matsubara, Shinji Sugiura
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High plasticity in diapause responses benefits bark beetles in a changing climate 停歇反应的高度可塑性使树皮甲虫在不断变化的气候中受益匪浅
IF 2.2 3区 农林科学
Ecological Entomology Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1111/een.13378
Sven Hofmann, Markus Kautz, Martin Schebeck
{"title":"High plasticity in diapause responses benefits bark beetles in a changing climate","authors":"Sven Hofmann, Markus Kautz, Martin Schebeck","doi":"10.1111/een.13378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13378","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:list> <jats:list-item>Numerous insects evolved diapause to cope with seasonally re‐occurring adverse conditions, affecting multiple life‐history traits, including reproduction, survival and voltinism. The spruce bark beetle <jats:italic>Ips typographus—</jats:italic>a major disturbance agent in spruce‐dominated forests of Eurasia—enters reproductive diapause to survive harsh winters. Induction of facultative diapause is mainly regulated by short daylengths, but modified by warm temperatures, potentially postponing entry into diapause. Knowledge on the interplay of these cues under natural conditions is still lacking despite its importance for phenology and management in a changing climate.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>We conducted a comprehensive field study over 3 years along an elevational gradient in South‐West Germany to quantify diapause expression in <jats:italic>I. typographus</jats:italic> under a broad range of natural photoperiod and temperature conditions.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Most individuals entered diapause in mid‐August (daylengths &lt;14 h), regardless of temperature. However, some individuals still reproduced at warm temperatures (&gt;22–26°C) in late October (daylengths ~10 h), even following cold nights below 5°C. However, <jats:italic>fecundity</jats:italic> of these late‐breeding individuals was reduced.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>In comparison to previous findings, we revealed a later diapause induction in <jats:italic>I. typographus</jats:italic> due to warm temperatures. Within‐population variability in the timing of diapause induction is an effective strategy to increase the amount of late‐breeding individuals and thus voltinism in a warming climate. Bark beetle phenology models should hence (i) include temperature as diapause‐modifying cue in addition to photoperiod and (ii) consider potential differences between populations from diverse geographic origins.</jats:list-item> </jats:list>","PeriodicalId":50557,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Entomology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142265970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The refuse dump provides information that influences the foraging preferences of leaf‐cutting ants 垃圾堆提供了影响切叶蚁觅食偏好的信息
IF 2.2 3区 农林科学
Ecological Entomology Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1111/een.13380
Andrea Marina Alma, Andres Arenas, Patrica Carina Fernandez, Micaela Buteler
{"title":"The refuse dump provides information that influences the foraging preferences of leaf‐cutting ants","authors":"Andrea Marina Alma, Andres Arenas, Patrica Carina Fernandez, Micaela Buteler","doi":"10.1111/een.13380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13380","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:list> <jats:list-item>The ability to respond to local stimuli individually and propagate information among colony members has allowed social organisms to generate collective responses. Leaf‐cutting ants are an excellent model to study this because, apart from exchanging information among groups assigned to different tasks (foragers, gardeners, and midden workers—ants working in refuse dumps), they also do so with their symbiotic fungus.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Here, we tested the role of refuse dumps as an information centre influencing the foraging decisions of <jats:italic>Acromyrmex lobicornis</jats:italic> under field conditions. To simulate the presence of discarded resources, oat flakes were added to the refuse dumps of treated colonies, while the refuse dumps of controls remained untreated. After 24 h and for 6 weeks, we offered new clean oat flakes on the foraging trails simultaneously with cornflakes, another palatable resource that was never experienced by the ants on the dump.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Although the oat flakes were suitable for the ants and harmless to the fungus, the acceptance index—a ratio of oat flakes foraged to total oat and cornflakes offered—decreased by 55% 24 h after the ants interacted with oat flakes in the refuse dump. After 6 weeks, the acceptance index recovered to levels that did not differ from initial values.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Therefore, ants might use waste to obtain information about the suitability of resources found in foraging trails. We explore potential mechanisms underlying the transmission of information from refuse dumps to foraging trails, shedding light on the intricate dynamics of collective decision‐making in social insect colonies.</jats:list-item> </jats:list>","PeriodicalId":50557,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Entomology","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142204755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Changes in the cuticular profile but not aggression of termites along a tropical elevation gradient 热带海拔梯度上白蚁角质层轮廓的变化,而非侵略性的变化
IF 2.2 3区 农林科学
Ecological Entomology Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1111/een.13379
Flávio Camarota, Arleu B. Viana‐Junior, Diogo M. Vidal, Paulo H. G. Zarbin, Frederico S. Neves
{"title":"Changes in the cuticular profile but not aggression of termites along a tropical elevation gradient","authors":"Flávio Camarota, Arleu B. Viana‐Junior, Diogo M. Vidal, Paulo H. G. Zarbin, Frederico S. Neves","doi":"10.1111/een.13379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13379","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:list> <jats:list-item>Communication is critical for social insects and largely mediated by cuticular hydrocarbon compounds (CHCs). The CHCs are diverse and involved in different functions, including nestmate recognition, and protection against desiccation. Their production is costly and context‐dependent, and organisms must prioritise those necessary for survival and fitness in a given habitat. While environmental and abiotic factors are key determinants of the CHCs' profile, we still know little about the effects of elevation in CHC composition in tropical mountain social insects.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>We investigated the role of elevation on the abundance and composition of CHCs in the termite species <jats:italic>Nasutitermes coxipoensis</jats:italic>, a widespread termite species in Brazil. We studied the populations of <jats:italic>N. coxipoensis</jats:italic> in the largest Brazilian mountain range.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Besides assessing the differences in CHC composition, we conducted behavioural assays to test the recognition ability of different colonies within the elevational gradient.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>We found an effect of elevation in the chemical profile of CHCs in <jats:italic>N. coxipoensis</jats:italic>, with an increased abundance of <jats:italic>n</jats:italic>‐alkanes and dimethyl‐alkanes with increasing elevation. When evaluating the effect of elevation on the dissimilarity of CHC compounds, we observed that <jats:italic>n</jats:italic>‐alkanes and dimethyl alkanes were affected differently, but in general, compounds increased their dissimilarity with elevational distance.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Finally, changes in CHC profiles did not affect aggression between neighbouring colonies along the elevation gradient.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Our results indicate that environmental factors play a limited role in shaping termite chemical profiles along a tropical elevation gradient, with no influence on aggression between neighbouring colonies from distinct elevations.</jats:list-item> </jats:list>","PeriodicalId":50557,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Entomology","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142204757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ecology of fear: ontogeny‐mediated non‐consumptive effects in a parasite–host system 恐惧生态学:寄生虫-宿主系统中由本体中介的非消费效应
IF 2.2 3区 农林科学
Ecological Entomology Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1111/een.13381
Lisa R. MacLeod, Lien T. Luong
{"title":"Ecology of fear: ontogeny‐mediated non‐consumptive effects in a parasite–host system","authors":"Lisa R. MacLeod, Lien T. Luong","doi":"10.1111/een.13381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13381","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:list> <jats:list-item>Non‐consumptive effects (NCEs) arise in the presence of parasites even when infection does not occur and can include changes to host behaviour, physiology or morphology. Using the <jats:italic>Drosophila nigrospiracula—Macrocheles subbadius</jats:italic> fly‐mite system, we investigated the impact of parasite exposure (<jats:italic>sans</jats:italic> infection) during the pupal and adult pre‐reproductive stages.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>First, we exposed fly pupae to mites—either indirectly (caged mites) or directly (free‐roaming mites) to test the effects of parasite exposure on pupation success. Second, we tested how exposing adult female flies to mites prior to reproduction affects fecundity during the post‐exposure reproductive period.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>We found that direct exposure to mites significantly decreased the rate of successful eclosion (development from pupa to adult) compared with unexposed pupae; however, the duration of pupation was not significantly affected. The indirect exposure did not have a significant effect on either successful eclosion or duration of pupation. We also found that indirectly exposed (caged mites) females had a significant decrease in the number of offspring produced, but only for the first few days post eclosion, suggesting the effect was reversible after mite removal.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>NCEs arise after mite exposure during the pupal and pre‐reproductive life stage of <jats:italic>Drosophila</jats:italic>, in the form of decreased eclosion success and fecundity. Investigating the NCEs associated with parasite exposure at various life stages of the host is important in understanding the ecology of fear and its total impact on hosts throughout their entire lifespan, with consequences for host ontogeny and population growth.</jats:list-item> </jats:list>","PeriodicalId":50557,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Entomology","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142204756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Host egg volatiles are involved in brood parasitism in predatory mites 宿主卵的挥发性物质参与了捕食螨的育雏寄生活动
IF 2.2 3区 农林科学
Ecological Entomology Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1111/een.13376
Yasuyuki Choh, Arne Janssen
{"title":"Host egg volatiles are involved in brood parasitism in predatory mites","authors":"Yasuyuki Choh, Arne Janssen","doi":"10.1111/een.13376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13376","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:list> <jats:list-item>Recently, we reported brood parasitism in the tiny predatory mite <jats:italic>Neoseiulus californicus</jats:italic> (Acari: Phytoseiidae); adult females of this species prefer to add their eggs to a cluster of eggs of another predatory mite species, <jats:italic>Gynaeseius liturivorus</jats:italic> (Acari: Phytoseiidae), which guards its own eggs against egg predators.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Here, we investigated the cues used by the blind <jats:italic>N. californicus</jats:italic> to detect eggs of <jats:italic>G. liturivorus</jats:italic>.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>We show that <jats:italic>N. californicus</jats:italic> locates oviposition sites of <jats:italic>G. liturivorus</jats:italic> using volatiles emanating from eggs of the latter species.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Adult female <jats:italic>G. liturivorus</jats:italic> spent more time guarding oviposition sites that contain more eggs, which resulted in a higher per capita survival of the eggs. We therefore hypothesized that <jats:italic>N. californicus</jats:italic> would prefer oviposition sites with more <jats:italic>G. liturivorus</jats:italic> eggs.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Indeed, <jats:italic>N. californicus</jats:italic> preferably laid their egg at oviposition sites containing more than six <jats:italic>G. liturivorus</jats:italic> eggs, which corresponds to the average number laid by a female <jats:italic>G. liturivorus</jats:italic> during 1 day.</jats:list-item> <jats:list-item>Our results suggest that <jats:italic>N. californicus</jats:italic> uses egg volatiles to localize oviposition sites of <jats:italic>G. liturivorus</jats:italic>, where the eggs of the former are effectively protected against egg predators.</jats:list-item> </jats:list>","PeriodicalId":50557,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Entomology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142204758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Pollinator visitation decline due to pesticide application beyond threshold frequency brings down crop yield 杀虫剂施用频率超过阈值导致传粉昆虫来访减少,从而降低了作物产量
IF 2.2 3区 农林科学
Ecological Entomology Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1111/een.13375
Manobrata Das, Ayan Paul, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Parthiba Basu
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