Enemy-free space is important in driving the host expansion of a generalist herbivore to an inferior exotic plant in a wetland of Yangtze Estuary
Enemy-free space is important in driving the host expansion of a generalist herbivore to an inferior exotic plant in a wetland of Yangtze Estuary
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无敌空间对于驱动长江口湿地中的多面食草动物向低等外来植物的寄主扩张非常重要
DOI:
10.1007/s10530-018-1845-6
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Wu Jie
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作者:
Zhang Jing;Ju Rui-Ting;Pan Hui;Pan Su-Feng;Wu Jie
Novel interactions between exotic plants and native herbivores can be driven by multiple ecological and evolutionary processes, but the underlying mechanisms have rarely been explored from a multitrophic perspective. In this study, we examined the effects of host plant quality and natural enemies on the host plant use of a native generalistLaelia coenosa, which was recently known to expand its host range from indigenousPhragmites australisto invasive exoticSpartina alterniflorain the wetlands of Yangtze Estuary, China. A field population survey showed that larval density ofL. coenosawas significantly higher inS. alternifloramonocultures (SM) than inP. australismonocultures (PM) and patches inS. alterniflora-dominated communities (PIS). Nonetheless, an indoor rearing experiment suggested feeding onS. alterniflorasignificantly reduced larval growth rate, cocoon weight, adult lifespan and female lifetime fecundity ofL. coenosain comparison withP. australis. Despite an induced feeding preference in 5th instar larvae, both 1st and 3rd instar larvae ofL. coenosasignificantly preferred leaves ofP. australisoverS. alterniflora. These results contradicted the field population survey. Subsequent field experiments showed larval mortality ofL. coenosasignificantly increased in habitats with SM < PIS < PM. The same trend was observed in the egg parasitism rate ofL. coenosaby a specialized parasitoidTelenomus laelia. Generally, our study suggests that the enemy-free space provided by the invasiveS. alterniflorais important in driving the host expansion ofL. coenosato this inferior exotic plant.