Interactions mediated by predators in arthropod food webs
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Resumo: | Studies on interactions among plants, herbivores and natural enemies are important for understanding population dynamics of species in food webs, but they are also important for the practice of pest control with natural enemies. Biological control programs heavily rely on the occurrence of trophic cascades, where the addition of one natural enemy causes a decrease of pest densities and an increase of plant biomass. However, when more that one natural enemy is used to control various pests in the same system, artificial food webs are created and simple tritrophic interactions change to more complicated ones. The occurrence of complex interactions and omnivory in these food webs may modify the sign and the strength of direct effects of natural enemies on pests. In this paper, we show and discuss the experimental results on interactions mediated by predators in an artificial food web that occurs on cucumber plants in greenhouses where biological control is applied. The two pests in this food web are the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch, and the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande). The predatory mites Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot and Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) are used to control spider mites, and the generalist predatory bug Orius laevigatus (Fieber) and a specialist predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans) are predators of thrips. Results from behavioural studies showed that some of these species are attracted to the same patch and do not avoid each other's presence. We show some complex interactions arising from the meeting of these species: (a) the intraguild predation by O. laevigatus on P. persimilis, (b) the use of spider-mite web as a refuge by thrips larvae against their predators. The consequences of such interactions for population dynamics of predators and prey and their implications for success of biological control are discussed. |
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Interactions mediated by predators in arthropod food websPlant defenceodourattractionantipredator behaviorintraguild predationbiological controlStudies on interactions among plants, herbivores and natural enemies are important for understanding population dynamics of species in food webs, but they are also important for the practice of pest control with natural enemies. Biological control programs heavily rely on the occurrence of trophic cascades, where the addition of one natural enemy causes a decrease of pest densities and an increase of plant biomass. However, when more that one natural enemy is used to control various pests in the same system, artificial food webs are created and simple tritrophic interactions change to more complicated ones. The occurrence of complex interactions and omnivory in these food webs may modify the sign and the strength of direct effects of natural enemies on pests. In this paper, we show and discuss the experimental results on interactions mediated by predators in an artificial food web that occurs on cucumber plants in greenhouses where biological control is applied. The two pests in this food web are the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch, and the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande). The predatory mites Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot and Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) are used to control spider mites, and the generalist predatory bug Orius laevigatus (Fieber) and a specialist predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans) are predators of thrips. Results from behavioural studies showed that some of these species are attracted to the same patch and do not avoid each other's presence. We show some complex interactions arising from the meeting of these species: (a) the intraguild predation by O. laevigatus on P. persimilis, (b) the use of spider-mite web as a refuge by thrips larvae against their predators. The consequences of such interactions for population dynamics of predators and prey and their implications for success of biological control are discussed.Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil2001-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2001000100002Neotropical Entomology v.30 n.1 2001reponame:Neotropical entomology (Online)instname:Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil (SEB)instacron:SEB10.1590/S1519-566X2001000100002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessVenzon,MadelainePallini,AngeloJanssen,Arneeng2004-08-06T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1519-566X2001000100002Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/neONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||editor@seb.org.br1678-80521519-566Xopendoar:2004-08-06T00:00Neotropical entomology (Online) - Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil (SEB)false |
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Interactions mediated by predators in arthropod food webs |
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Interactions mediated by predators in arthropod food webs |
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Interactions mediated by predators in arthropod food webs Venzon,Madelaine Plant defence odour attraction antipredator behavior intraguild predation biological control |
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Interactions mediated by predators in arthropod food webs |
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Interactions mediated by predators in arthropod food webs |
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Interactions mediated by predators in arthropod food webs |
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Interactions mediated by predators in arthropod food webs |
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Interactions mediated by predators in arthropod food webs |
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Venzon,Madelaine |
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Venzon,Madelaine Pallini,Angelo Janssen,Arne |
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Pallini,Angelo Janssen,Arne |
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Venzon,Madelaine Pallini,Angelo Janssen,Arne |
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Plant defence odour attraction antipredator behavior intraguild predation biological control |
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Plant defence odour attraction antipredator behavior intraguild predation biological control |
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Studies on interactions among plants, herbivores and natural enemies are important for understanding population dynamics of species in food webs, but they are also important for the practice of pest control with natural enemies. Biological control programs heavily rely on the occurrence of trophic cascades, where the addition of one natural enemy causes a decrease of pest densities and an increase of plant biomass. However, when more that one natural enemy is used to control various pests in the same system, artificial food webs are created and simple tritrophic interactions change to more complicated ones. The occurrence of complex interactions and omnivory in these food webs may modify the sign and the strength of direct effects of natural enemies on pests. In this paper, we show and discuss the experimental results on interactions mediated by predators in an artificial food web that occurs on cucumber plants in greenhouses where biological control is applied. The two pests in this food web are the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch, and the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande). The predatory mites Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot and Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) are used to control spider mites, and the generalist predatory bug Orius laevigatus (Fieber) and a specialist predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans) are predators of thrips. Results from behavioural studies showed that some of these species are attracted to the same patch and do not avoid each other's presence. We show some complex interactions arising from the meeting of these species: (a) the intraguild predation by O. laevigatus on P. persimilis, (b) the use of spider-mite web as a refuge by thrips larvae against their predators. The consequences of such interactions for population dynamics of predators and prey and their implications for success of biological control are discussed. |
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