Chemical defense over decadal scales: Ontogenetic allocation trajectories and consequences for fitness in a foundation tree species
Chemical defense over decadal scales: Ontogenetic allocation trajectories and consequences for fitness in a foundation tree species
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十年尺度的化学防御:个体发生分配轨迹和基础树种适应性的影响
DOI:
10.1111/1365
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Barton, Kasey
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作者:
Cope, Olivia L.;Kruger, Eric L.;Rubert‐Nason, Kennedy F.;Lindroth, Richard L.;Barton, Kasey
Constraint‐breaking adaptations are evolutionary tools that provide a mechanism for incumbent‐replacement between species filling similar ecological roles.In common‐garden experiments, we exposed populations of two desert rodents to two different viper species, testing their ability to adjust to novel predators that use different hunting strategies. We aimed to understand whether both predators and prey with constraint‐breaking adaptations actually manifest comparative advantage over their counterparts.We used convergent species from desert dunes in the Mojave Desert in North America, Merriam's kangaroo ratDipodomys merriamiand the sidewinder rattlesnakeCrotalus cerastes, and from the Negev Desert in the Middle East, the greater Egyptian gerbilGerbillus pyramidumand the Saharan horned viperCerastes cerastes. Both Mojave species hold constraint‐breaking adaptations in relation to their counterparts from the Negev. The rattlesnakes have heat sensing organs (pits) and the kangaroo rats have fur‐lined cheek pouches that allow for greater foraging efficiency and food preservation. Using patch‐use theory, we evaluated the rodents' risk‐assessment from each snake—separately, together and in combination with barn owls.Initially each rodent species foraged less in the presence of its familiar snake, but within a month both foraged less in the presence of the pit‐viper (sidewinder).Our findings indicate a level of learning, and behavioural plasticity, in both rodents and ability to assess the risk from novel predators. The kangaroo rats were capable of harvesting far greater amounts of resources under the same conditions of elevated risk. However, the reason for their advantage may lie in bi‐pedal agility and not only their ability collect food more efficiently.
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发表时间:
2012
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影响因子:
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作者:
J. Koricheva;K. Barton
通讯作者:
K. Barton
影响因子:
3.6
作者:
Younginger BS;Sirová D;Cruzan MB;Ballhorn DJ
通讯作者:
Ballhorn DJ
影响因子:
5.6
作者:
Six DL;Vergobbi C;Cutter M
通讯作者:
Cutter M
DOI:
10.1111/pce.13042
发表时间:
2017
期刊:
Plant, cell & environment
影响因子:
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作者:
Kennedy F. Rubert‐Nason;J. Couture;Elizabeth A Gryzmala;P. Townsend;R. Lindroth
通讯作者:
R. Lindroth
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
Cole, Christopher T.;Stevens, Michael T.;Lindroth, Richard L.
通讯作者:
Lindroth, Richard L.