Flexible use of patch-leaving mechanisms in a prasitoid wasp
| Autor: | Joop C. van Lenteren, Joep M. S. Burger, Ying Huang, Louise E. M. Vet, Lia Hemerik |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Multitrophic Interactions (MTI) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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host relationship
Foraging venturia-canescens Hymenoptera trialeurodes-vaporariorum vaporariorum homoptera-aleyrodidae Wiskundige en Statistische Methoden - Biometris Parasitoid Parasitoid wasp Optimal foraging theory Laboratory of Entomology Mathematical and Statistical Methods - Biometris Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Encarsia formosa biology Ecology Host (biology) time allocation fungi volatile emissions population-dynamics biology.organism_classification PE&RC Laboratorium voor Entomologie Animal ecology Insect Science infochemical use encarsia-formosa hymenoptera commercial glasshouse |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Insect Behavior, 19(2), 155-170 Journal of Insect Behavior, 19(2), 155-170. Springer New York Journal of Insect Behavior 19 (2006) 2 |
| ISSN: | 0892-7553 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10905-006-9014-7 |
| Popis: | Classical optimal-foraging theory predicts that a parasitoid is less likely to leave a patch after a host encounter when the host distribution is aggregated, whereas a parasitoid is more likely to leave after a host encounter when the host distribution is regular. Field data on host distributions in the area of origin of the whitefly parasitoid Encarsia formosa showed that whiteflies aggregate at several spatial scales. However, infested leaves most likely contained a single host. This suggests that a host encounter is not enough to decide when to leave. We therefore tested the effect of host distribution and parasitoid experience on patch-leaving behavior. Each parasitoid was observed for several consecutive days in a three-dimensional arena with leaflets containing on average one host per leaflet in an either regular or aggregated host distribution. A proportional hazards model showed that a host encounter decreased the leaving tendency on a leaflet with one host when the time since the latest host encounter was short, but increased the leaving tendency when the time since the latest host encounter was long, independent of host distribution. We conclude that a parasitoid can switch from decreasing to increasing its tendency to leave a patch after a host encounter. We propose two hypotheses that may explain the evolution of such a switching mechanism. [KEYWORDS: optimal foraging ; patch-leaving behavior ; host distribution ; Encarsia formosa ; whitefly] |
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