Interaction between Mutualisms: Ant-Tended Butterflies Exploit Enemy-Free Space Provided by Ant-Treehopper Associations

dc.creatorKaminski, LA
dc.creatorFreitas, AVL
dc.creatorOliveira, PS
dc.date2010
dc.dateSEP
dc.date2014-11-20T03:59:33Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:04:59Z
dc.date2014-11-20T03:59:33Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:04:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T22:54:05Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T22:54:05Z
dc.identifierAmerican Naturalist. Univ Chicago Press, v. 176, n. 3, n. 322, n. 334, 2010.
dc.identifier0003-0147
dc.identifierWOS:000280621000007
dc.identifier10.1086/655427
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/60345
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/60345
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/60345
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1265620
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.descriptionAlthough mutualisms have been intensively investigated, demonstration of indirect effects between co-occurring mutualistic systems is rare. For instance, the ecological consequences of co-occurrence of ant-tended insects on a plant have never been examined for survival effects on either trophobiont species. Here, we assess the selective pressures mediating co-occurrence of a facultative ant-tended butterfly (Parrhasius polibetes) with ant-tended treehoppers (Guayaquila xiphias) on Schefflera vinosa shrubs. We evaluated host plant selection and caterpillar survival in P. polibetes in the presence and absence of ant-treehopper associations. Paired trials revealed that butterflies preferably oviposit on branches hosting ant-tended treehoppers when they had a choice between those and branches without this interaction. Presence of ant-tended treehoppers on a branch reduced the abundance of P. polibetes' natural enemies and improved caterpillar survival in both premyrmecophylic and ant-tended phases. Thus ant-tended treehoppers create an enemy-free space on foliage that butterflies exploit to protect larval offspring. These findings connect two widely documented ant-trophobiont mutualisms and highlight the importance of considering multiple interactions for a proper understanding of ant-plant-herbivore systems. Detection of other ant-based mutualisms on oviposition to improve offspring survival may have represented an important evolutionary step in the process of host plant selection in facultative myrmecophilous butterflies.
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dc.description176
dc.description3
dc.description322
dc.description334
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.descriptionFundo de Apoio ao Ensino, a Pesquisa e a Extensao (FAEPEX)
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.descriptionNational Science Foundation [DEB-0527441]
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.descriptionCNPq [140183/2006-0, 300282/2008-7, 300315/2005-8, 301853/2009-6]
dc.descriptionFAPESP [00/01484-1, 04/05269-9, 98/05101-8, 08/54058-1]
dc.descriptionNational Science Foundation [DEB-0527441]
dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniv Chicago Press
dc.publisherChicago
dc.publisherEUA
dc.relationAmerican Naturalist
dc.relationAm. Nat.
dc.rightsembargo
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectant-plant-herbivore interactions
dc.subjectcerrado savanna
dc.subjectinsect trophobionts
dc.subjectnatural enemies
dc.subjectoviposition behavior
dc.subjecttrophic and nontrophic indirect effects
dc.subjectNeotropical Cerrado-savanna
dc.subjectOviposition Behavior
dc.subjectJalmenus-evagoras
dc.subjectSelective Agents
dc.subjectPlant-selection
dc.subjectAttendant Ants
dc.subjectTending Ants
dc.subjectHerbivore
dc.subjectLepidoptera
dc.subjectEvolution
dc.titleInteraction between Mutualisms: Ant-Tended Butterflies Exploit Enemy-Free Space Provided by Ant-Treehopper Associations
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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