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Ode PJ, Vyas DK, Harvey JA. Extrinsic Inter- and Intraspecific Competition in Parasitoid Wasps. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 2022; 67:305-328. [PMID: 34614367 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-071421-073524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The diverse ecology of parasitoids is shaped by extrinsic competition, i.e., exploitative or interference competition among adult females and males for hosts and mates. Adult females use an array of morphological, chemical, and behavioral mechanisms to engage in competition that may be either intra- or interspecific. Weaker competitors are often excluded or, if they persist, use alternate host habitats, host developmental stages, or host species. Competition among adult males for mates is almost exclusively intraspecific and involves visual displays, chemical signals, and even physical combat. Extrinsic competition influences community structure through its role in competitive displacement and apparent competition. Finally, anthropogenic changes such as habitat loss and fragmentation, invasive species, pollutants, and climate change result in phenological mismatches and range expansions within host-parasitoid communities with consequent changes to the strength of competitive interactions. Such changes have important ramifications not only for the success of managed agroecosystems, but also for natural ecosystem functioning.
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- Paul J Ode
- Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado 80208, USA
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Animal Ecology Section, Department of Ecological Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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van Nouhuys S. Diversity, population structure, and individual behaviour of parasitoids as seen using molecular markers. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2016; 14:94-99. [PMID: 27436653 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2016.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 02/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Parasitoids have long been models for host-parasite interactions, and are important in biological control. Neutral molecular markers have become increasingly accessible tools, revealing previously unknown parasitoid diversity. Thus, insect communities are now seen as more speciose. They have also been found to be more complex, based on trophic links detected using bits of parasitoid DNA in hosts, and host DNA in adult parasitoids. At the population level molecular markers are used to determine the influence of factors such as host dynamics on parasitoid population structure. Finally, at the individual level, they are used to identify movement of individuals. Overall molecular markers greatly increase the value of parasitoid samples collected, for both basic and applied research, at all levels of study.
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- Saskya van Nouhuys
- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, PO box 65, Helsinki 00014, Finland; Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Zepeda-Paulo F, Lavandero B, Mahéo F, Dion E, Outreman Y, Simon JC, Figueroa CC. Does sex-biased dispersal account for the lack of geographic and host-associated differentiation in introduced populations of an aphid parasitoid? Ecol Evol 2015; 5:2149-61. [PMID: 26078852 PMCID: PMC4461417 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Host recognition and use in female parasitoids strongly relies on host fidelity, a plastic behavior which can significantly restrict the host preferences of parasitoids, thus reducing the gene flow between parasitoid populations attacking different insect hosts. However, the effect of migrant males on the genetic differentiation of populations has been frequently ignored in parasitoids, despite its known impact on gene flow between populations. Hence, we studied the extent of gene flow mediated by female and male parasitoids by assessing sibship relationships among parasitoids within and between populations, and its impact on geographic and host-associated differentiation in the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi. We report evidences of a high gene flow among parasitoid populations on different aphid hosts and geographic locations. The high gene flow among parasitoid populations was found to be largely male mediated, suggested by significant differences in the distribution of full-sib and paternal half-sib dyads of parasitoid populations.
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- Francisca Zepeda-Paulo
- Laboratorio de Interacciones Insecto-Planta, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca 2 Norte 685, Talca, Chile ; Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile Independencia 641, Valdivia, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Interacciones Insecto-Planta, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca 2 Norte 685, Talca, Chile ; Millennium Nucleus Centre in Molecular Ecology and Evolutionary Applications in the Agroecosystems 2 Norte 685, Talca, Chile
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- INRA, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes (UMR IGEPP), Domaine de La Motte 35653, Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- INRA, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes (UMR IGEPP), Domaine de La Motte 35653, Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- INRA, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes (UMR IGEPP), Domaine de La Motte 35653, Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- INRA, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes (UMR IGEPP), Domaine de La Motte 35653, Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- Laboratorio de Interacciones Insecto-Planta, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca 2 Norte 685, Talca, Chile ; Millennium Nucleus Centre in Molecular Ecology and Evolutionary Applications in the Agroecosystems 2 Norte 685, Talca, Chile
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Auguste A, Fauvergue X. Intimate Rendezvous in a Tritrophic Context? Nothing but the Girls for MaleLysiphlebus testaceipes. Ethology 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/eth.12332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Alexandra Auguste
- UMR 1355 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech; INRA; Sophia Antipolis France
- UMR Institut Sophia Agrobiotech; Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis; Sophia Antipolis France
- UMR 7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech; CNRS; Sophia Antipolis France
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- UMR 1355 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech; INRA; Sophia Antipolis France
- UMR Institut Sophia Agrobiotech; Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis; Sophia Antipolis France
- UMR 7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech; CNRS; Sophia Antipolis France
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Poelman EH, Harvey JA, van Loon JJA, Vet LEM, Dicke M. Variation in herbivore-induced plant volatiles corresponds with spatial heterogeneity in the level of parasitoid competition and parasitoid exposure to hyperparasitism. Funct Ecol 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Erik H. Poelman
- Laboratory of Entomology; Wageningen University; PO Box 8031; 6700; EH Wageningen; The Netherlands
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology; Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Droevendaalsesteeg 10; 6708; PB Wageningen; The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Entomology; Wageningen University; PO Box 8031; 6700; EH Wageningen; The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Entomology; Wageningen University; PO Box 8031; 6700; EH Wageningen; The Netherlands
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Wong J, Chu YY, Stoddard ST, Lee Y, Morrison AC, Scott TW. Microsatellite-based parentage analysis of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) using nonlethal DNA sampling. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2012; 49:85-93. [PMID: 22308775 PMCID: PMC3312012 DOI: 10.1603/me11152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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To track Aedes aegypti (L.) egg-laying behavior in the field in Iquitos, Peru, we developed methods for 1) sampling DNA from live mosquitoes and 2) high through-put parentage analysis using microsatellite markers. We were able to amplify DNA extracted from a single hind leg, but not from the pupal exuvia. Removal of a leg from teneral females caused no significant changes in female behavioral or life history traits (e.g., longevity, blood feeding frequency, fecundity, egg hatch rate, gonotrophic cycle length, or oviposition behavior). Using a panel of nine microsatellite markers and an exclusion-based software program, we matched offspring to parental pairs in 10 Ae. aegypti test families in which parents originated from natural development sites in Iquitos. By mating known individuals in the laboratory, retaining the male, sampling the female's DNA before release, and collecting offspring in the field, the technique we developed can be used to genotype large numbers of Ae. aegypti, reconstruct family relationships, and track the egg-laying behavior of individual Ae. aegypti in nature.
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- Jacklyn Wong
- Department of Entomology, University of California, one Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Planes S, Lemer S. Individual-based analysis opens new insights into understanding population structure and animal behaviour. Mol Ecol 2011; 20:187-9. [PMID: 21265063 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2010.04922.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Studying the movement of individuals in the wild has always been a challenge in ecology. However, estimating such movement is essential in life sciences as it is the base-line for evaluating connectivity, a major component in developing management and conservation plans. Furthermore, movement, or migration, is an essential parameter in population genetics, as it directly affects genetic differentiation. The development of highly variable markers has allowed genetic discrimination between individuals within populations and at larger scales, and the availability of high-throughput technologies means that many samples and hence many individuals can be screened. These advances mean that we can now use genetic identification for tracking individuals, and hence follow both survival and reproductive output through the life cycle. The paper by Morrissey & Ferguson (2011, this issue) is a demonstration of this new capability, as authors were able to infer the movement of salmonid fish initially captured as juveniles, and later as reproductively mature adults.
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- Serge Planes
- USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, CRIOBE, BP 1013, 98729 Moorea, French Polynesia
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Christie MR. Parentage in natural populations: novel methods to detect parent-offspring pairs in large data sets. Mol Ecol Resour 2009; 10:115-28. [PMID: 21564996 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02687.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Parentage analysis in natural populations presents a valuable yet unique challenge because of large numbers of pairwise comparisons, marker set limitations and few sampled true parent-offspring pairs. These limitations can result in the incorrect assignment of false parent-offspring pairs that share alleles across multi-locus genotypes by chance alone. I first define a probability, Pr(δ), to estimate the expected number of false parent-offspring pairs within a data set. This probability can be used to determine whether one can accept all putative parent-offspring pairs with strict exclusion. I next define the probability Pr(φ|λ), which employs Bayes' theorem to determine the probability of a putative parent-offspring pair being false given the frequencies of shared alleles. This probability can be used to separate true parent-offspring pairs from false pairs that occur by chance when a data set lacks sufficient numbers of loci to accept all putative parent-offspring pairs. Finally, I propose a method to quantitatively determine how many loci to let mismatch for study-specific error rates and demonstrate that few data sets should need to allow more than two loci to mismatch. I test all theoretical predictions with simulated data and find that, first, Pr(δ) and Pr(φ|λ) have very low bias, and second, that power increases with lower sample sizes, uniform allele frequency distributions, and higher numbers of loci and alleles per locus. Comparisons of Pr(φ|λ) to strict exclusion and CERVUS demonstrate that this method may be most appropriate for large natural populations when supplemental data (e.g. genealogies, candidate parents) are absent.
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- Mark R Christie
- Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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Inflexible wasps: the aphid parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes does not track multiple changes in habitat profitability. Anim Behav 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Virgins in the wild: mating status affects the behavior of a parasitoid foraging in the field. Oecologia 2008; 156:913-20. [PMID: 18446375 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1037-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2007] [Accepted: 04/01/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In haplodiploid organisms, virgin females can produce offspring, albeit only sons. They may therefore face a trade-off between either: (1) searching for hosts and producing sons immediately; or (2) searching for mates and perhaps producing both sons and daughters later in life. Although this trade-off raises a theoretical interest, it has not been approached experimentally. The objective of this article is thus to document the effect of mating status on the foraging behavior of a haplodiploid parasitoid. For this, we recorded the behavior of virgin and mated female Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) after being released, in the field, on a colony of their aphid hosts. Half of the virgin females were mated by a wild male after less than 10 min of foraging. Evidently, virgin females attract males while foraging on host patches, so that the two activities are not mutually exclusive. Nonetheless, virgin females stayed motionless more often and for longer periods than mated females. Consequently, they attacked aphids at a lower rate, and in turn, attacked fewer aphids on each patch. Moreover, contrary to mated females, virgins did not aggregate their progeny on large patches. We conclude that in L. testaceipes, the trade-off may not be as hypothesized. By dispersing across patches more than mated females, virgins could promote future mating opportunities for their sons and increase their inclusive fitness. However, by moving too frequently, females may lose immediate mating opportunities for themselves and the immediate advantage of producing offspring of both sexes. The observed behavior of virgin L. testaceipes females on host patches could reflect an optimal solution to such a trade-off.
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