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Learning is generally predicted not to be important in host discrimination by parasitoids, because the stimuli involved are
less variable than those used in habitat location. However, Anaphes victus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Listronotus oregonensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) apparently learns to associate external pheromones with the presence of a conspecific in a host.
In this species, females can reject a parasitized host either after antennal drumming (antennal rejection) or after the insertion
of their ovipositor (sting rejection). When they encountered a series of parasitized hosts, females A. victus learned to associate the presence of the external pheromone with the presence of the internal one. Learning lasted less than
4 h and occurred earlier in a series when the female marking the egg and the one detecting that mark were close relatives.
This behavior could be adaptive because antennal rejection is faster than sting rejection.
Received: 11 March 1997 / Accepted after revision: 30 August 1997 相似文献
2.
Optimal patch time allocation for time-limited foragers 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Eric Wajnberg Pierre Bernhard Frédéric Hamelin Guy Boivin 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2006,60(1):1-10
The Charnov Marginal Value Theorem (MVT) predicts the optimal foraging duration of animals exploiting patches of resources.
The predictions of this model have been verified for various animal species. However, the model is based on several assumptions
that are likely too simplistic. One of these assumptions is that animals are living forever (i.e., infinite horizon). Using
a simple dynamic programming model, we tested the importance of this assumption by analysing the optimal strategy for time-limited
foragers. We found that, for time-limited foragers, optimal patch residence times should be greater than those predicted from
the classic, static MVT, and the deviation should increase when foragers are approaching the end of their life. These predictions
were verified for females of the parasitoid Anaphes victus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) exploiting egg patches of its host, the carrot weevil Listronotus oregonensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). As predicted by the model, females indeed remained for a longer time on host patches when they
approached the end of their life. Experimental results were finally analysed with a Cox regression model to identify the patch-leaving
decision rules females used to behave according to the model’s predictions. 相似文献
3.
The facultative parasitic copepod Pseudomyicola spinosus (Raffaele & Monticelli) was cultured and mated under laboratory conditions. Twenty virgin females were cultured in isolation and mated. They were cultured individually after mating, and examined for lifespan, number of ovipositions, number of eggs, and other features. The longest lifespan of a female P. spinosus was 2.3 years (849 d). This female laid eggs 106 times after a single mating, and all of the eggs developed. The lifespan and number of ovipositions varied with the individual, but the interval between ovipositions showed less variation (7.0±2.3 d). The number of eggs laid at one oviposition decreased with the increase in the age of the female. The number of eggs at each oviposition was smaller in laboratory females than in wild females, but the oviposition rhythm and the interval between ovipositions seemed to be the same. The sperms seem to survive for quite a while in the seminal receptacle of a female. A male can copulate a multiple of times. The lifespan of P. spinosus in the natural environment should be less than a year, considering the lifespan of the host mussels. 相似文献
4.
Isabelle Amat Emmanuel Desouhant Carlos Bernstein 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2009,63(4):563-572
When foraging partially depleted patches (i.e., a fraction of hosts are already parasitized), female parasitoids must decide:
1—whether to superparasitize, and 2—whether to stay in their current patch (thus missing the opportunity of finding a better
patch elsewhere). To make these decisions, parasitoids may rely on different cues, produced both by the environment and by
conspecifics. Animals thriving in different environments may differ in cues they use. In the solitary parasitoid Venturia canescens, thelytokous (asexual) and arrhenotokous (sexual) individuals are found in two contrasting environments. Thelytokous females,
from anthropogenic conditions, are known to cope with superparasitism in an adaptive way. On the other hand, little is known
about superparasitism by arrhenotokous females. We compared the host exploitation strategies of thelytokous and arrhenotokous
females in partially depleted patches. Hosts parasitized by thelytokous females were more frequently avoided than those parasitized
by arrhenotokous females, suggesting a stronger chemical marking of the former. Only thelytokous females used information
from conspecifics for patch-leaving decisions. The conformity of the differences in the behavior of thelytokous and arrhenotokous
females with the environmental conditions they experience in their habitat is discussed. 相似文献
5.
Wolfgang Völkl 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2001,49(2-3):135-144
Pauesia picta, P. pinicollis and P. silvestris (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) are common parasitoids of the conifer aphid Cinara pinea, which is regularly attended by red wood ants (Formica spp.). In this study, I tested whether females of these parasitoid species learned during interactions with honeydew-collecting Formica polyctena workers that caution is not necessary if searching behaviour is adapted, and whether parasitoids benefit from being able
to learn. When searching on Scots pines, naive females of P. picta and P. pinicollis generally retreated to a pine needle when making contact with a honeydew-collecting ant, did not approach ants from the side
or from the front and kept a ”safe distance” from ants when sitting on needles. After some non- aggressive ant encounters,
experienced female parasitoids changed their behaviour: they reduced their searching speed, approached ants from the side
and even from the front, retreated less often in response to an approaching ant and reduced the ”safe distance”. These experienced
females had a significantly higher rate of oviposition than naive females or females foraging for an unattended host. Thus,
the ability of the parasitoid to learn during interactions with an antagonist led to a prolonged retention time and a higher
oviposition rate. By contrast, there was no evidence of learning in P. silvestris. Females of this species showed no behavioural change in response to ant encounters, and there was no difference in the foraging
success of naive and experienced female parasitoids.
Received: 7 December 1999 / Revised: 23 September 2000 / Accepted: 10 March 2000 相似文献
6.
Adaptive host choice and avoidance of superparasitism in the spawning decisions of bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
C. Smith John D. Reynolds William J. Sutherland Pavel Jurajda 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2000,48(1):29-35
Choice of a site for oviposition can have fitness consequences. We investigated the consequences of female oviposition decisions
for offspring survival using the bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus, a freshwater fish that spawns inside living unionid mussels. A field survey of nine bitterling populations in the Czech
Republic revealed a significantly lower rate of release of juvenile bitterling from Anodonta cygnea compared to three other mussel species. A field experiment demonstrated that female bitterling show highly significant preferences
for spawning in A. anatina, Unio pictorum, and U. tumidus. Within a species, female bitterling avoided mussels containing high numbers of bitterling embryos. Mortality rates of bitterling
embryos in mussels were strongly density dependent and the strength of density dependence varied significantly among mussel
species. Female preferences for mussels matched survival rates of embryos within mussels and females distributed their eggs
among mussels such that embryo mortalities conformed to the predictions of an ideal free distribution model. Thus, female
oviposition choice is adaptive and minimizes individual embryo mortality.
Received: 6 October 1999 / Received in revised form: 7 January 2000 / Accepted: 13 March 2000 相似文献
7.
R. Cervo Francesca R. Dani Stefano Turillazzi 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1996,39(5):311-316
The capacity to recognise a conspecific intruder was investigated in Parischnogaster jacobsoni, Liostenogaster flavolineata and L. vechti, three species of primitively social wasps of the subfamily Stenogastrinae. Results of behavioural experiments carried out
in the field showed that females of all three species react pacifically if presented with female nestmates, but aggressively
reject an intruder from a conspecific colony. As L. flavolineata and L. vechti both build large clusters of nests, often very close to each other, the recognition capacity among females from different
nests, but in the same conspecific cluster, was also investigated. Females of both species were more aggressive towards females
from a different colony in the same cluster than towards their female nestmates. Additional experiments on L. flavolineata showed that there was no difference in reaction towards females from colonies nearer or further from the tested colony but
within the same cluster, nor towards females from a different cluster. The capacity to recognise an alien conspecific nest
containing immature brood was investigated in P. jacobsoni. Adult females of this species, invited to land on an alien nest which had experimentally been exchanged for their own, accepted
the new nest and partially destroyed the immature brood. The behaviour of the females when they land on an alien nest, however,
suggests that they do recognise the nest as foreign. Acceptance of foreign nests coupled with low immature brood destruction
is probably due to the high energetic costs of egg-deposition and larval rearing in stenogastrine wasps.
These results suggest that nestmate recognition in these wasps is very efficient, even though they belong to the most primitive
subfamily of social wasps.
Received: 16 April 1996/Accepted after revision: 9 August 1996 相似文献
8.
Discrimination between nestmate and non-nestmate kin by social wasps (Polistes fuscatus,Hymenoptera: Vespidae) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
George J. Gamboa Jeff E. Klahn Allan O. Parman Ruth E. Ryan 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1987,20(2):125-128
Summary The threespine stickleback,Gasterosteus aculeatus is a voracious cannibal of both its own eggs and those of conspecific neighbours. Females, but not males, can distinguish their progeny from those of other fish and attacked alien eggs more frequently. In experiments to examine nest raiding, females that initiated raids on nests resulting in cannibalism were the first females to spawn in the reconstructed nest. These results support the hypothesis that cannibalism by females may be adaptive in situations where intense female competition for male guardians occurs. 相似文献
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In bumblebees all species of the subgenus Psithyrus are social parasites in the nests of their Bombus hosts. In the bumblebee B. terrestris we investigated how colony size influences survival rates of nest entering females of the social parasite Psithyrus vestalis. Furthermore, we studied whether the host worker’s dominance status and age are reflected in its individual scent and whether
Psithyrus females use volatiles to selectively kill host workers. The survival rate of Psithyrus vestalis females drops from 100%, when entering colonies with five workers, to 0% for colonies containing 50 host workers. Older host
workers, born before the nest invasion, were selectively killed when Psithyrus females entered the nest. In contrast, all workers born after the nest invasion survived. The host workers’ dominance status
and age are reflected by their individual odours: newly emerged workers produced a significantly lower total amount of secretions
than 4-day-old workers. In chemical analyses of female groups we identified saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, aldehydes,
and unsaturated wax-type esters of fatty acids. In a discriminant function analysis different worker groups were mainly separated
by their bouquets of hydrocarbons. Killed workers release significantly more scent and of a different chemical composition,
than survivors. Survivors alter scent production and increase it beyond the level of the killed workers within 1 day of the
invasion. The Psithyrus female clearly maintains reproductive dominance utilizing these differences in the odour bouquets as criteria for killing
workers that compete for reproduction. 相似文献
10.
Paolo Lo Bue Stefano Colazza Lisa D. Forster Jocelyn G. Millar Robert F. Luck 《Chemoecology》2004,14(3-4):151-156
Summary. Metaphycus sp. nr.
flavus (Encyrtidae: Hymenoptera)
is a parasitoid species collected from the Mediterranean
region which lays its eggs in the immature stages of several
economically important soft scale insects (Hemiptera:
Coccidae), including brown soft scale, Coccus hesperidum
L. (= host insect). Preliminary tests suggested that the parasitoid
is most successful in producing offspring when it
oviposits in the younger stages of brown soft scale. In
Y-olfactometer bioassays measuring wasp choices and residence
times, naïve parasitoids were significantly more
attracted to yucca leaves infested with 26, 27, or 28 d-old
scale than to uninfested leaves, whereas leaves with older
(29-30 d-old) scale were no more attractive than uninfested
leaves. Parasitoids also spent significantly more time in the
arm with yucca leaves infested with 26 d-old scale than in
the arm with uninfested leaves. These results are consistent
with observations of the parasitoids reproductive success on
scale of different ages, whereby older scale are more likely
to encapsulate the developing eggs of M.
sp. nr. flavusfemales than are younger scale. Further bioassays determined
that yucca leaves that had been infested with 26 d-old
scale but from which the scale had been removed were as
attractive as infested leaves. In contrast, infested yucca
leaves from which scale had been removed and the leaves
subsequently washed with distilled water were less attractive
than infested leaves. Furthermore, the wash water
containing scale residues was attractive to female wasps. In
total, these results suggest that Metaphycussp. nr. flavus
females utilize volatile, water soluble compounds produced
by brown soft scale as cues to locate suitable hosts. 相似文献
11.
S. Sommer 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2005,58(2):181-189
A growing number of studies indicate that females can increase the viability of their offspring by gaining direct benefits such as parental care or genetic advantages through selective mating with certain males. Among the best candidates for the genetic basis of mate choice in vertebrates are the genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) because these highly polymorphic genes may increase offspring viability and provide direct cues for mate choice. A free-ranging, pair-living rodent was used as an example to investigate MHC-dependent mate choice in an obligate monogamous species, the Malagasy giant jumping rat Hypogeomys antimena. Two possible mechanisms of mate choice were tested. First, mate choice may occur to increase the heterozygosity of MHC genes in the progeny and, second, mates might choose each other according to the degree of dissimilarity of their functional MHC DRB (exon 2) proteins in order to maximise the allelic divergence in their offspring. Analyses of 65 Hypogeomys couples failed to confirm associations of mating patterns with the MHC genotype to increase heterozygosity or MHC allelic divergence in the progeny. Also, no evidence for mechanisms to increase the allelic divergence was found in sex-specific analyses where a male or female, respectively, migrated to and was accepted by a territory and burrow holder of the opposite sex. However, the frequency distribution of 0, 1 or 2 new alleles potentially available for the progeny differed significantly when a new male was chosen by a territory-holding female. In contrast to current models, genetically similar instead of dissimilar mates seem to be the preferred choice. This is the first study investigating the role of the MHC in mate selection in an obligate monogamous rodent.Communicated by G. Wilkinson 相似文献
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Summary. Oviposition site selection of herbivorous insects depends primarily on host plant presence which is essential for offspring
survival. However, parasitoids can exploit host plant cues for host location. In this study, we hypothesised that herbivores
can solve this dilemma by ovipositing within high plant diversity. A diverse plant species composition might represent an
‘infochemical shelter’, as a potentially complex volatile blend can negatively affect the host location ability of parasitoids.
We examined this exemplarily for the egg-laying response of the generalist leaf beetle, Galeruca tanaceti, in relation to (1) host plant availability and (2) plant species diversity in the field. Further, we investigated the effect
of odours from mixed plant species compositions on (3) leaf beetle oviposition site selection and on (4) the orientation of
its specialised egg parasitoid, Oomyzus galerucivorus. In the field, egg clutch occurrence was positively related to the presence and quantity of two major host plants, Achillea millefolium (yarrow) and Centaurea jacea, and to the number of herbaceous plant species. In two-choice bioassays, female beetles oviposited more frequently on sites
surrounded by an odour blend from a diverse plant species composition (including yarrow) than on sites with a pure grass odour
blend. In the presence of yarrow odour and an odour blend from a diverse plant mixture (including yarrow) no difference in
the oviposition response was recorded. Experienced parasitoid females were attracted to yarrow odours, but showed no response
when yarrow odours were offered simultaneously with odours of a non-host plant. In conclusion, it could be shown in laboratory
bioassays that the parasitoid responds only to pure host plant odours but not to complex odour blends. In contrast, the herbivore
prefers to oviposit within diverse vegetation in the field and in the laboratory. However, the laboratory results also point
to a priority of host plant availability over the selection of a potential ‘infochemical shelter’ for oviposition due to high
plant diversity. 相似文献
13.
Sexual cohabitation as mate-guarding in the leaf-curling spider Phonognatha graeffei Keyserling (Araneoidea, Araneae) 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:1
The leaf-curling spider Phonognatha graeffei incorporates a twisted leaf into the central hub of its orb-web that is used as a retreat. This species is unusual among orb-weaving
spiders because males cohabit in the leaf retreat with both immature and mature females, mating with the former shortly after
the female molts. Cohabitation appears to be a form of mate-guarding because cohabiting males respond agonistically to rival
males that venture onto the web, and their behaviour depends upon the reproductive status of the female; males defending immature
females are more aggressive than those defending virgin, adult females. Males copulate with previously mated females for significantly
longer than with virgin females. Females may cannibalise cohabiting males, which occurs independently of whether the female
has been deprived of food. Females that cannibalise a single male do not have a higher fecundity than non-cannibalistic females.
Received: 2 February 1996 / Accepted after revision: 27 October 1996 相似文献
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We performed male attraction experiments and staged courtship sequences to test for non-random mating with respect to social
behavioral phenotype in the comb-footed spider, Anelosimus studiosus. While asocial behavior is the dominant phenotype in all A. studiosus populations examined to date, a social phenotype approaches a frequency of 15% in colder environments. We collected test
subjects from higher latitude polymorphic populations and scored all individuals as to their behavioral phenotype prior to
their use in these trials. Males of both phenotypes differentially approached and courted social females over asocial females
and no-spider controls. By offering males different numbers of females of one type vs. the other in subsequent trials, we
determined that the difference in attractiveness between the two phenotypes social/asocial is 1.5/1. Both the web produced
by a female and a female that has been removed from its web attract males. We suggest that the male attracting pheromone is
present on females and is also attached to silk threads. Staged encounters completed between males and females of the respective
phenotypes demonstrated that courting males suffer significantly less pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism with social females
than with asocial ones, and thus, female social tendency is phenotypically linked to sexual aggression. We propose that the
male preference for social females is adaptive because of the observed asymmetry in courtship success. 相似文献
15.
Many species base their choice of mates on multiple signals which provide them with different kinds of information. Choosers
may assess the signals together to evaluate the overall quality of potential mates, but individuals often pay attention to
different signals in different contexts. In Rhinogobius brunneus, a fish displaying exclusive male parental care, females generally prefer males showing larger first dorsal fins (FDF) and
more active courtship displays as mates. Females choosing a mate usually initially assess the FDF and later utilize courtship
for the final decision. In our experiments, females with different hunger states used different signals when selecting mates.
Females in both hunger states preferred males with larger FDF in the first stage. In the second stage, well-fed females showed
highly repeatable choice, whereas poorly fed females responded only to variation in the courtship activity of males. The males
preferred by poorly fed females exhibited significantly higher offspring survival than nonpreferred males. Under conditions
of food shortage, males allocate more energy to future reproduction at the expense of the present brood, and females may prioritize
signals predictive of offspring survivorship over signals reflecting other aspects in male quality to minimize the losses
in direct benefits. We conclude that R. brunneus females may employ information from both signals but dynamically adjust their prioritization of each signal to current conditions
to ensure the choice that is currently most adaptive. 相似文献
16.
The host size model, an adaptive model for maternal manipulation of offspring sex ratio, was examined for the parasitoid
wasp Spalangia endius. In a Florida strain, as the model predicts, daughters emerged from larger hosts than sons, but only when mothers received
both small and large hosts simultaneously. The pattern appeared to result from the mother's ovipositional choice and not from
differential mortality of the sexes during development. If sex ratio manipulation is adaptive in the Florida strain, it appears
to be through a benefit to daughters of developing on large hosts rather than through a benefit to sons of developing on small
hosts. Both female and male parasitoids were larger when they developed on larger hosts. For females, developing on a larger
host (1) increased offspring production, except for the largest hosts, (2) increased longevity, (3) lengthened development,
and (4) had no effect on wing loading. For males, development on a larger host had no effect on any measure of male fitness
– mating success, longevity, development duration, or wing loading. In contrast, a strain from India showed no difference
in the size of hosts from which daughters versus sons emerged, although both female and male parasitoids were larger when
they developed on larger hosts. These results together with previous studies of Spalangia reveal no consistent connection between host-size-dependent sex ratio and host-size-dependent parasitoid size among strains
of S. endius or among species of Spalangia.
Received: 28 October 1998 / Received in revised form: 20 May 1999 / Accepted: 30 May 1999 相似文献
17.
Black spots and female association preferences in a sexual/asexual mating complex (Poecilia, Poeciliidae, Teleostei) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Michael Tobler Martin Plath Heike Burmeister Ingo Schlupp 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2006,60(2):159-165
We investigated whether female association preferences for males are influenced by black spot disease (BSD), a parasite induced change of the host phenotype. We compared three different species of fish: a gynogenetic hybrid species, Poecilia formosa (amazon molly) and two sexual species (Poecilia latipinna and Poecilia mexicana), which were involved in the natural hybridisation leading to the amazon molly. Contrary to their sexual relatives, asexual amazon mollies significantly avoided images of males infected with black spot disease. We propose that amazon molly females have direct fitness benefits from choosing healthy males. The adaptive significance of the preference for BSD-uninfected males in the asexual amazon molly is yet unclear but may involve avoidance of predation or parasite infection as well as increased sperm availability. 相似文献
18.
Elisabet Forsgren Anna Karlsson Charlotta Kvarnemo 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1996,39(2):91-96
In some fish species with paternal care, females prefer to spawn with males whose nests already contain eggs. Several hypotheses
have been put forward to explain this behaviour, such as reduced risk of predation or cannibalism (the dilution effect), increased
parental investment, and mate copying. This experimental study focuses on female mate choice in the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus. Females were found to choose males with eggs in their nests. In addition, hatching success increased with clutch size, mainly
because males with larger clutches showed less filial cannibalism. Increased egg survival in large clutches may thus be explained
by a combination of the dilution effect and higher parental investment. In another experiment, females did not seem to copy
the observed mate choice of other females. In conclusion, female preference for males with eggs in their nests is adaptive,
and can be explained by direct benefits, as more surviving offspring are produced.
Received: 23 December 1995/Accepted after revision: 11 May 1996 相似文献
19.
Éric Wajnberg 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2006,60(5):589-611
As most parasitoids are time limited, they usually die before they have laid all their eggs. In such cases, optimal foraging theory predicts that female parasitoids will adopt behavioral reproductive strategies enabling them to maximize progeny production per unit of time. One key situation in which parasitoid females must optimize their time budget is related to the fact that most of their hosts are distributed in discrete patches in the environment. In this review, I first present the results of basic theoretical models predicting female wasp search duration on a patch of hosts. I then compile and analyze all studies investigating the effect of different factors on parasitoid patch time allocation and patch-leaving decision rules. Different patch-leaving mechanisms that were proposed to explain the results obtained are discussed, along with statistical methods that should be used to estimate them from experimental data. Finally, ideas for future research are presented. 相似文献
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Intensive and incessant arms races between a parasite and its host are generally expected to lead to parasite specialization. Nevertheless, some parasitic species still successfully attack wide spectra of hosts. One of the solutions to the evolutionary enigma of the long-term existence of generalist parasites is their specialization at an individual level, a phenomenon well known, e.g., in European common cuckoo. Over its range, it parasitizes a number of bird species; however, individual females are mostly specialists possessing adaptations to a particular host species. In this study, we test the possibility of individual specialization in generalist cuckoo bees, the insect counterparts of avian cuckoos. Females of cuckoo bees lay each egg into a single brood cell in the nests of other bee species. The host’s offspring is destroyed by the parasitic female or later by her larvae, which feed on pollen supplies accumulated by the host. Both studied cleptoparasitic bees (Sphecodes ephippius and Sphecodes monilicornis) are widely distributed in Europe, where they have been reported to use broad host spectra. We recorded several host species (including some previously unknown) for both cuckoo bee species, and confirmed that these parasites are indeed generalist even at a small local scale. However, we demonstrate that exactly as in the avian cuckoos, each female in both species of generalist bee parasites tends to attack just one host species. 相似文献