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Wu YX, Liu JT, Ding C, Zhang BC, Liang XS, Ning Y, Yin JX, Lv XT. Effects of nitrogen inputs and mowing on the abundance and species richness of herbivorous insects in a meadow steppe. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2023; 34:1975-1980. [PMID: 37694482 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202307.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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To reveal the effects of nitrogen (N) inputs and mowing on the abundance and richness of insect community in meadow steppe, we investigated the abundance and diversity of herbivorous insects under four treatments in Inner Mongolia meadow steppe in August 2022, including control, N addition, mowing, and combined N addition and mowing. At a long-term control experimental platform, we collected insects using the vacuum sampling method. The results showed that N addition significantly increased the abundance of herbivorous insects, and mowing significantly decreased the abundance of herbivorous insects. Nitrogen addition significantly increased insect abundance in unmown condition but not in the mown condition. The responses of insect abundance at the community level to N addition were mainly driven by the dominant groups, Cicadellidae and Lygaeidae, which was affected by the abundance of Gramineae species. In contrast, their responses to mowing were the opposite. Both N addition and mowing did not affect the diversity of herbivorous insects. Our results indicated that the responses of herbivorous insect abundance to N inputs and mowing were directly regulated by food resources. With increasing food resource availability, the abundance but not the diversity of herbivorous insects increased, with stronger responses of dominant groups than subordinate ones.
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- Yuan-Xiu Wu
- School of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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Zhao L, Gao R, Liu J, Liu L, Li R, Men L, Zhang Z. Effects of Environmental Factors on the Spatial Distribution Pattern and Diversity of Insect Communities along Altitude Gradients in Guandi Mountain, China. Insects 2023; 14:224. [PMID: 36975909 PMCID: PMC10058187 DOI: 10.3390/insects14030224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Understanding the distribution patterns and underlying maintenance mechanisms of insect species is a core issue in the field of insect ecology. However, research gaps remain regarding the environmental factors that determine the distribution of insect species along altitudinal gradients in Guandi Mountain, China. Here, we explored these determinants based on the distribution pattern and diversity of insect species from 1600 m to 2800 m in the Guandi Mountain, which covers all typical vegetation ecosystems in this area. Our results showed that the insect community showed certain differentiation characteristics with the altitude gradient. The results of RDA and correlation analysis also support the above speculation and indicate that soil physicochemical properties are closely related to the distribution and diversity of insect taxa orders along the altitude gradient. In addition, the soil temperature showed an obvious decreasing trend with increasing altitude, and temperature was also the most significant environmental factor affecting the insect community structure and diversity on the altitude gradient. These findings provide a reference for exploring the maintenance mechanisms affecting the structure, distribution pattern, and diversity of insect communities in mountain ecosystems, and the effects of global warming on insect communities.
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- Lijuan Zhao
- Department of Forest Conservation, College of Forestry, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, China
- Shanxi Dangerous Forest Pest Inspection and Identification Center, Jinzhong 030801, China
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- Department of Forest Conservation, College of Forestry, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, China
- Shanxi Dangerous Forest Pest Inspection and Identification Center, Jinzhong 030801, China
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- Department of Forest Conservation, College of Forestry, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, China
- Shanxi Dangerous Forest Pest Inspection and Identification Center, Jinzhong 030801, China
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- Department of Forest Conservation, College of Forestry, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, China
- Shanxi Dangerous Forest Pest Inspection and Identification Center, Jinzhong 030801, China
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- Department of Forest Conservation, College of Forestry, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, China
- Shanxi Dangerous Forest Pest Inspection and Identification Center, Jinzhong 030801, China
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- Department of Forest Conservation, College of Forestry, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, China
- Shanxi Dangerous Forest Pest Inspection and Identification Center, Jinzhong 030801, China
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- Department of Forest Conservation, College of Forestry, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, China
- Shanxi Dangerous Forest Pest Inspection and Identification Center, Jinzhong 030801, China
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Kojima W. Temporal niche shifts driven by interference competition: Giant hornets exclude rhinoceros beetles at sap sites at dawn. Ecology 2023; 104:e3914. [PMID: 36336885 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Wataru Kojima
- Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Chediack A, Liesch PJ, Shanovich HN, Aukema BH. Arthropod Community in Hybrid Hazelnut Plantings in the Midwestern United States. J Insect Sci 2022; 22:6628213. [PMID: 35780384 PMCID: PMC9250698 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieac039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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There is a lack of knowledge of the arthropod communities in both wild hazelnut and cultivated hybrid hazelnut ecosystems in the Midwestern United States. Our goal was to characterize the composition of these arthropod communities in hazelnut plantings. We surveyed six experimental plantings of hazelnuts in Wisconsin and two in Minnesota during growing seasons, from May 2017 to August 2021. We used four methods to survey the arthropod community of these plantings: ad libitum survey of specimen observations and collection, dissection of hazelnut buds and nuts, cone traps placed on the ground, and beat sheet sampling of plants. We registered 116 different morphospecies of five classes and 83 families. Arthropods with known feeding habits were grouped into four guilds: 59 herbivores, 36 carnivores (predators, parasites, and parasitoids), 4 decomposers (detritivores and scavengers), and 4 omnivores. While we registered 12 herbivorous species that could potentially cause damage to hazelnuts, we directly observed nine of them feeding upon or damaging plant parts: Phytoptus avellanae s.l. Nalepa (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae), Curculio obtusus Blanchard and Strophosoma melanogrammum Förster (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Popillia japonica Newman (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae), Parthenolecanium sp. (Hemiptera: Coccidae), Euschistus servus euschistoides Say (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Acleris sp., and Choristoneura rosaceana Harris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). We also registered eight species of parasites or parasitoids that could offer biocontrol services in the cropping system. These findings provide a foundation for future targeted studies on potential pests and beneficial arthropods, as well as ecological interactions within the hybrid hazelnut ecosystem in the Midwest.
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- Ariadna Chediack
- Corresponding author, e-mail: : Current address: P.O. Box 155, Washburn, WI 54891, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1630 Linden Drive, 240 Russell Labs. Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Ave., 432 Hodson Hall, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Ave., 432 Hodson Hall, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Schmid RB, Welch KD, Lundgren JG. An inventory of the foliar, soil, and dung arthropod communities in pastures of the southeastern United States. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:10761-10768. [PMID: 34429879 PMCID: PMC8366868 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Grassland systems constitute a significant portion of the land area in the United States and as a result harbors significant arthropod biodiversity. During this time of biodiversity loss around the world, bioinventories of ecologically important habitats serve as important indicators for the effectiveness of conservation efforts. We conducted a bioinventory of the foliar, soil, and dung arthropod communities in 10 cattle pastures located in the southeastern United States during the 2018 grazing season. In sum, 126,251 arthropod specimens were collected. From the foliar community, 13 arthropod orders were observed, with the greatest species richness found in Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Hemiptera. The soil-dwelling arthropod community contained 18 orders. The three orders comprising the highest species richness were Coleoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera. Lastly, 12 arthropod orders were collected from cattle dung, with the greatest species richness found in Coleoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera. Herbivores were the most abundant functional guild found in the foliar community, and predators were most abundant in the soil and dung communities. Arthropod pests constituted a small portion of the pasture arthropod communities, with 1.01%, 0.34%, and 0.46% pests found in the foliar, soil, and dung communities, respectively. While bioinventories demand considerable time, energy, and resources to accomplish, the information from these inventories has many uses for conservation efforts, land management recommendations, and the direction of climate change science.
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Kawatsu K, Ushio M, van Veen FJF, Kondoh M. Are networks of trophic interactions sufficient for understanding the dynamics of multi-trophic communities? Analysis of a tri-trophic insect food-web time-series. Ecol Lett 2021; 24:543-552. [PMID: 33439500 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Resource-consumer interactions are considered a major driving force of population and community dynamics. However, species also interact in many non-trophic and indirect ways and it is currently not known to what extent the dynamic coupling of species corresponds to the distribution of trophic links. Here, using a 10-year data set of monthly observations of a 40-species tri-trophic insect community and nonlinear time series analysis, we compare the occurrence and strengths of both the trophic and dynamic interactions in the insect community. The matching between observed trophic and dynamic interactions provides evidence that population dynamic interactions reflect resource-consumer interactions in the many-species community. However, the presence of a trophic interaction does not always correspond to a detectable dynamic interaction especially for top-down effects. Moreover a considerable proportion of dynamic interactions are not attributable to direct trophic interactions, suggesting the unignorable role of non-trophic and indirect interactions as co-drivers of community dynamics.
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- Kazutaka Kawatsu
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Hakubi Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.,Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Japan
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Nelson M, Hosler SC, Boetzl FA, Jones HP, Barber NA. Reintroduced grazers and prescribed fire effects on beetle assemblage structure and function in restored grasslands. Ecol Appl 2021; 31:e02217. [PMID: 32810923 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Ecological restoration seeks to reestablish functioning ecosystems, but planning and evaluation often focus on taxonomic community structure and neglect consumers and their functional roles. The functional trait composition of insect assemblages, which make up the majority of animal diversity in many systems, can reveal how they are affected by restoration management and the consequences for ecosystem function. We sampled ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in restored tallgrass prairies varying in management with prescribed fire and reintroduced American bison (Bison bison) to describe their taxonomic and functional trait structure. We also measured seed and arthropod predation to relate management, beetle assemblage characteristics, and function, and to test if function is maximized by trait diversity, dominant trait values, or beetle abundance. Beetle assemblages primarily varied with restoration age, declining over time in richness and both taxonomic and functional diversity, but bison presence also influenced taxonomic composition. Prescribed fire reduced seed predation in summer and arthropod predation in fall. Although seed predation was unrelated to beetle assemblages, arthropod predation was greater in sites with higher abundances of carnivorous ground beetles. The relatively weak impacts of fire and bison on functional assemblage structure is a promising sign that these management disturbances, aimed at supporting a diverse native plant community, are not detrimental to beetle assemblages. The significance of reduced predator function following prescribed fire will depend on the restoration context and whether seed or arthropod predation relates to management goals.
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- Melissa Nelson
- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 155 Castle Dr. DeKalb, Chicago, Illinois, 60115, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 155 Castle Dr. DeKalb, Chicago, Illinois, 60115, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60607, USA
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 155 Castle Dr. DeKalb, Chicago, Illinois, 60115, USA
- Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy, Northern Illinois University, 155 Castle Dr. DeKalb, Chicago, Illinois, 60115, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 155 Castle Dr. DeKalb, Chicago, Illinois, 60115, USA
- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, California, 92182, USA
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Plant guttation is a fluid from xylem and phloem sap secreted at the margins of leaves from many plant species. All previous studies have considered guttation as a water source for insects. Here, we hypothesized that plant guttation serves as a reliable and nutrient-rich food source for insects with effects on their communities. Using highbush blueberries as a study system, we demonstrate that guttation droplets contain carbohydrates and proteins. Insects from three feeding lifestyles, a herbivore, a parasitic wasp and a predator, increased their longevity and fecundity when fed on these guttation droplets compared to those fed on control water. Our results also show that guttation droplets, unlike nectar, are present on leaves during the entire growing season and are visited by numerous insects of different orders. In exclusion-field experiments, the presence of guttation modified the insect community by increasing the number of predators and parasitic wasps that visited the plants. Overall, our results demonstrate that plant guttation is highly reliable, compared to other plant-derived food sources such as nectar, and that it increases the communities and fitness of insects. Therefore, guttation represents an important plant trait with profound implications on multi-trophic insect–plant interactions.
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- Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat
- Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, P.E. Marucci Center, 125A Lake Oswego Road, Chatsworth, NJ, USA
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- Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Unidad Mixta Gestión Biotecnológica de Plagas UV-IVIA, Moncada, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, ERI-BIOTECMED, Unidad Mixta Gestión Biotecnológica de Plagas UV-IVIA, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, P.E. Marucci Center, 125A Lake Oswego Road, Chatsworth, NJ, USA
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De Liberato C, Magliano A, Autorino GL, Di Domenico M, Sala M, Baldacchino F. Seasonal succession of tabanid species in equine infectious anaemia endemic areas of Italy. Med Vet Entomol 2019; 33:431-436. [PMID: 30775793 DOI: 10.1111/mve.12360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Equine infectious anaemia (EIA) is a disease with an almost worldwide distribution, with several outbreaks having been reported recently in European countries. In Italy, two regions, Lazio and Abruzzo, are considered as endemic areas for this disease. In nature, the EIA virus is mechanically transmitted by biting flies such as tabanids (Diptera: Tabanidae), although few studies have investigated the epidemiological implications. In the present study, several sites characterized by different levels of EIA prevalence were sampled. In sites with high tabanid populations, a seasonal succession of tabanid species with a dual-peak corresponding to early active species (i.e. in June to July) and late active species (i.e. in August to September) was clearly observed. Moreover, a positive correlation was found between EIA prevalence and tabanid abundance and species richness, suggesting that tabanid diversity might extend the duration of the seasonal transmission period of EIA. Further observations are required to better assess how vector diversity influence EIA transmission.
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- C De Liberato
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana "M. Aleandri", Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana "M. Aleandri", Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana "M. Aleandri", Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana "M. Aleandri", Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana "M. Aleandri", Rome, Italy
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- Direction départementale de la protection des populations du Nord, Lille, France
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Shen S, Xu G, Chen F, Roy Clements D, Gu X, Ji S, Zhang L, Yang H, Zhang F, Yin K, Zhang H, Li J, Wu D. Effects of <I>Aphidius gifuensis</I> Release on Insect Communities and Diversity in Tobacco Fields of Yunnan Province, China. Pak J Biol Sci 2018; 21:284-291. [PMID: 30311479 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2018.284.291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The biocontrol agent Aphidius gifuensis has widely been released and applied since 1997 to control Myzus persicae in tobacco fields of Yunnan Province, southwestern China, but its ecological effects on the local insect community and diversity have not been described. Biological control agents may effect a diversity of organisms as well as the target for control but such trophic cascades have seldom been studied. This study aimed to explore the effects of A. gifuensis on the insect community and diversity in tobacco fields after long-term release and expansion of the biocontrol agent in Yunnan Province. MATERIALS AND METHODS The effects of A. gifuensis on species composition, importance value, species richness, diversity indices and evenness index were studied for insect community samples obtained via field surveys and malaise trap collection in Yunnan Province. RESULTS A total of 39 insect species and 1 spider, principally belonging to 40 families and 13 orders in tobacco fields of Yunnan Province were identified. Among these, there were 20 pests, 14 natural enemies and 6 others, constituting 50, 35 and 15% of total species sampled, respectively. Within insect communities, M. persicae, Empoasca flavescens and Drosophila melanogaster were the dominant species and Spodoptera litura, one unidentified species (Ichneumonidae), Sphex haemorrhoidalis, Vespa veutinaauraris, Aedes albopictus, A. gifuensis and Liriomyza huidobrensis were the subdominant species. From June to August, the relative density of A. gifuensis gradually increased and concomitantly the total relative density of other natural enemies exhibited a slight decline in July and marked increase in August. The relative density of M. persicae significantly increased in July and then declined precipitously in August. Moreover, the values of Simpson index, Shannon-Wiener index and Pielou index were greater than 0.50, 1.50 and 0.50, respectively, indicating high insect diversity. CONCLUSION Beneficial insects, in addition to the biocontrol agent are relatively abundant in tobacco fields of Yunnan Province, marking improvement in the local insect community diversity after a long-term release of the biocontrol agent A. gifuensis, which, by land area, constitutes one of the largest natural enemy control programs in the world.
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