Leaf domatia mediate mutualism between mites and a tropical tree

dc.creatorRomero, GQ
dc.creatorBenson, WW
dc.date2004
dc.dateAUG
dc.date2014-11-18T03:26:01Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:45:56Z
dc.date2014-11-18T03:26:01Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:45:56Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:28:23Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T00:28:23Z
dc.identifierOecologia. Springer, v. 140, n. 4, n. 609, n. 616, 2004.
dc.identifier0029-8549
dc.identifierWOS:000223266500009
dc.identifier10.1007/s00442-004-1626-z
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/80811
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/80811
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/80811
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1288338
dc.descriptionAlthough associations between mites and leaf domatia have been widely reported, their consequences for plants, especially for natural tree populations, particularly in the tropics, are largely unknown. In experiments with paired Cupania vernalis (Sapindaceae) saplings in a semi-deciduous forest in south-east Brazil, we blocked leaf domatia to examine their effect: (1) on mites and other arthropods, and (2) on damage caused by fungi and herbivorous arthropods. In general, plants with resin-blocked domatia had fewer predaceous mites on leaves than control plants with unaltered domatia, but the total abundances of fungivorous and of phytophagous mites remained unchanged. However, phytophagous eriophyid mites, the most numerous inhabitants of domatia, decreased on leaf surfaces with the blocking treatment. In a second experiment, treated plants lacking functional domatia developed significantly greater numbers and areas of chlorosis, apparently due to increased eriophyid attacks, whereas fungal attack, epiphyll abundance and leaf-area loss were unaffected. This seems to be the first experimental study to demonstrate that leaf domatia can benefit plants against herbivory in a natural system. The possible stabilizing effect of leaf domatia on predator-prey interactions is discussed.
dc.description140
dc.description4
dc.description609
dc.description616
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisherNew York
dc.publisherEUA
dc.relationOecologia
dc.relationOecologia
dc.rightsfechado
dc.rightshttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights?SGWID=0-176704-12-683201-0
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectmite-plant interactions
dc.subjectstable equilibrium
dc.subjectarthropod assemblage
dc.subjecttri-trophic interactions
dc.subjectCupania
dc.subjectBroadleaf Deciduous Forest
dc.subjectTritrophic Interactions
dc.subjectHerbivorous Insects
dc.subjectCinnamomum-camphora
dc.subjectPhytoseiid Mites
dc.subjectNatural Enemies
dc.subjectPredatory Mite
dc.subjectAbundance
dc.subjectPlants
dc.subjectAcari
dc.titleLeaf domatia mediate mutualism between mites and a tropical tree
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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