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The Dynamics of a Tephritid Seed Predator on Tripolium Vulgare in a Stochastic and Heterogeneous Environment Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae SlLVESTRIA 1 56 V" > uJ z <o <P SLU ^ * S U The Dynamics of a Tephritid Seed Predator on Tripolium vulgare in a Stochastic and Heterogeneous Environment Benedicte Riber Albrectsen NIVERSITY OF AGRICU The Dynamics of a Tephritid Seed Predator onTripolium vulgare in a Stochastic and Heterogeneous Environment Benedicte Riber Albrectsen Akademisk avhandling som för vinnande av filosofie doktorsexamen kommer att offentligen försvaras i Hörsal Björken, SLU, Umeå, fredagen den 20 oktober 2000, kl. 10 .00 . Abstract In this thesis the factors regulating the interaction between the seed predatory fly Paroxyna plantaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) and its host plant Tripolium vulgare, (former Aster tripolium, Asteraceae) are determined and evaluated. The host is patchily distributed on islands in the study area (the archipelago of Skeppsvik 63°44-48' N, 20°34-40'E) in northern Sweden. Possible factors that may cause the persistence of this system include direct density-dependent feedback processes, temporal and spatial heterogeneity, and the effect of stochasticity (chance). The impact of these forces is analysed through both pattern and process approaches, concentrating on the spatial and temporal distribution of the resource and the timing and dispersal of the fly, as well as the influence of stochasticity. Relating attack frequencies to host density showed no strong indication of tight regulation between the specialist seed predator and its host plant (Paper I). Smaller plants and subpopulations were subject to the highest variation in attack frequency, suggesting that there is a strong element of chance influencing the risk of attack. There were, however, indications of a spatial effect at low fly densities, which seemed to break down at higher densities, implying that dispersal behaviour and strength may be related to adult fly density. The fragmented resource is more evenly used at higher attack frequencies (Paper II) : an effect which may be coupled directely to fly densities (Paper III). A mismatch between the phenology of the fly and the sea aster flowering phenology seems to benefit the first flowering flower heads, which are less often attacked in a normal year (Paper III) . However, it was experimentally shown that the flies compensate for the temporal and spatial unpredictability by a female-biased density-dependent dispersal (Paper IV). Density-independent water-borne dispersal during the puparia stage may also affect the dynamics of the tephritid (Paper V). This system is an example of a highly persistent interaction, for which stochastic and spatial effects are of major importance. The density-dependent dispersal of females may act within generations in the spatially heterogeneous environment and this may be transformed from a local response to a mode of regulation that works between generations. Key words: plant-animal interactions, population dynamics, regulation, density- dependence, stochasticity, temporal and spatial refuges, plant defence, dispersal, optimal patch use. Distribution: Umeå 2000 Sciences ISSN 1401-6230 ISBN 91-576-5890-0 The Dynamics of a Tephritid Seed Predator on Tripolium vulgare in a Stochastic and Heterogeneous Environment Benedicte Riber Albrectsen Department of Animal Ecology Umeå Doctoral thesis Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå 2000 Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae Silvestria 156 ISSN 1401-6230 ISBN 91-576-5890-0 © 2000 Benedicte Riber Albrectsen, Umeå Printed by: SLU, Grafiska Enheten, Umeå, Sweden, 2000 Abstract Albrectsen, B. R. 2000. The Dynamics of a Tephritid Seed Predator on Tripolium vulgare in a Stochastic and Heterogeneous Environment. Doctoral thesis. ISSN 1401-6230, ISBN 91-576-5890-0 In this thesis the factors regulating the interaction between the seed predatory fly Paroxyna plantaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) and its host plant Tripolium vulgare, (former Aster tripolium, Asteraceae) are determined and evaluated. The host is patchily distributed on islands in the study area (the archipelago of Skeppsvik 63°44-48' N, 20°34-40'E) in northern Sweden. Possible factors that may cause the persistence of this system include direct density-dependent feedback processes, temporal and spatial heterogeneity, and the effect of stochasticity (chance). The impact of these forces is analysed through both pattern and process approaches, concentrating on the spatial and temporal distribution of the resource and the timing and dispersal of the fly, as well as the influence of stochasticity. Relating attack frequencies to host density showed no strong indication of tight regulation between the specialist seed predator and its host plant (Paper I). Smaller plants and subpopulations were subject to the highest variation in attack frequency, suggesting that there is a strong element of chance influencing the risk of attack. There were, however, indications of a spatial effect at low fly densities, which seemed to break down at higher densities, implying that dispersal behaviour and strength may be related to adult fly density. The fragmented resource is more evenly used at higher attack frequencies (Paper II) : an effect which may be coupled directely to fly densities (Paper III). A mismatch between the phenology of the fly and the sea aster flowering phenology seems to benefit the first flowering flower heads, which are less often attacked in a normal year (Paper III) . However, it was experimentally shown that the flies compensate for the temporal and spatial unpredictability by a female-biased density-dependent dispersal (Paper IV). Density-independent water-borne dispersal during the puparia stage may also affect the dynamics of the tephritid (Paper V). This system is an example of a highly persistent interaction, for which stochastic and spatial effects are of major importance. The density-dependent dispersal of females may act within generations in the spatially heterogeneous environment and this may be transformed from a local response to a mode of regulation that works between generations. Key words: plant-animal interactions, population dynamics, regulation, density- dependence, stochasticity, temporal and spatial refuges, plant defence, dispersal, optimal patch use. Author's address: Benedicte R. Albrectsen, Department of Animal Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), SE-901 83, UMEÅ, Sweden. Contents: 1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................ 7 2. ECOLOGICAL BACKGROUND.............................................................................. 8 2.1. Plant -Herbivore coevolution - aspects of plant defence ..........................8 2.2. T ight dynamics and the stability paradigm ......................................................8 2.3. How to detect regulation - pattern approaches .......................................... 10 2.4. Population dynamics in space - dispersal as a key issue ............................. 12 2.5. T he foragers dilemma - to leave or to stay ...................................................13 2.6. T ephritid -A steraceae as a model system ......................................................... 13 3. QUESTIONS ADDRESSED...................................................................................... 15 4. MATERIALS AND METHODS............................................................................... 16 4.1. Study system ............................................................................................................. 16 4.1.1. The study area............................................................................................... 16 4.1.2. The host plant................................................................................................ 16 4.1.3. The seed predator......................................................................................... 17 4.2. Methods ......................................................................................................................18 4.2.1. Population dynamics T. ofvulgare and P. plantaginis................................. 18 4.2.2. The host's escape in time and ...............................................................space 18 4.2.3. Extended emergence of flies.......................................................................... 19 4.2.4. The fly's adaptation to spatial resource heterogeneity..................................19 5. RESULTS.................................................................................................................... 19 5.1. Population dynamics of T. vulgare and P. plantaginis................................... 19 5.2. The host 's escape in time and space .................................................................... 21 5.2.1. Evidence of time lags.................................................................................... 21 5.2.2. Mismatch of phenologies as a host ...................................................refugee 21 5.2.3. Importance of other seed predators.............................................................. 22 5.3. Extended emergence of flies...............................................................................23 5.4. The fly 's adaptation to spatial resource heterogeneity .............................25 5.4.1. The range of adult dispersal......................................................................... 25 5.4.2. Female-biased density-dependent dispersal..................................................26
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