Ecotypic differentiation in the grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus: Life history varies in relation to climate

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-254

  Telfer, Mark G ^a   Hassall, Mark ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Ecotypes; Geographic variation; Intraspecific variation; Orthoptera

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOTYPE; GRASSHOPPER; LIFE HISTORY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ACRIDIDAE; CHORTHIPPUS BRUNNEUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0032747985     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050926     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Antonovics J, Bradshaw AD (1970) Evolution in closely adjacent plant populations VIII. Clinal patterns at a mine boundary. Heredity 25: 349-362
2. Atkinson D (1994) Temperature and organism size - a biological law for ectotherms? Adv Ecol Res 25: 1-58
3. Atkinson D (1995) Effects of temperature on the size of aquatic ectotherms: exceptions to the general rule. J Thermal Biol 20: 61-74
4. Atkinson D (1996) Ectotherm life-history responses to developmental temperature. In: Johnston IA, Bennett AF (eds) Animals and temperature: phenotypic and evolutionary adaptation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp 183-204
5. Atkinson D, Begon M (1987a) Reproductive variation and adult size in two co-occurring grasshopper species. Ecol Entomol 12: 119-127
6. Atkinson D, Begon M (1987b) Ecological correlates and heritability of reproductive variation in two co-occurring grasshopper species. Ecol Entomol 12: 129-138
7. Ayres MP, Scriber M (1994) Local adaptation to regional climates in Papilio canadensis (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Ecol Monogr 64: 465-482
8. Barnes PT, Holland B, Courreges V (1989) Genotype-by-environment and epistatic interactions in Drosophila melanogaster: the effects of GPDH allozymes. genetic background and rearing temperature on larval development time and viability. Genetics 122: 859-868
9. Begon M, Harper JL, Townsend CR (1996) Ecology: individuals, populations and communities. Blackwell, Oxford
10. Bennington CC, McGraw JB (1995) Natural selection and ecotypic differentiation in Impatiens pallida. Ecol Monogr 65: 303-323
11. Berven KA, Gill DE (1983) Interpreting geographical variation in life history traits. Am Zool 23: 85-97
12. Berven KA, Gill DE, Smith-Gill SJ (1979) Countergradient selection in the green frog, Rana clamitans. Evolution 33: 609-623
13. Bradshaw WE (1974) Phenology and seasonal modeling in insects. In: Leith H (ed) Phenology and seasonality modeling. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 127-137
14. Briggs D, Walters SM (1997) Plant variation and evolution, 3rd edn. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
15. Bruhn J, Gerard VA (1996) Photoinhibition and recovery of the kelp Laminaria saccharina at optimal and superoptimal temperatures. Mar Biol 125: 639-648
16. Carruthers RI, Larkin TS, Firstencel H, Feng Z (1992) Influence of thermal ecology on the mycosis of a rangeland grasshopper. Ecology 73: 190-204
17. Cherrill AJ (1987) The development and survival of the eggs and early instars of the grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus (Thunb.) in north west England. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool
18. Cherrill A, Begon M (1991) Oviposition date and pattern of embryogenesis in the grasshopper C. brunneus (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Holarctic Ecol 14: 225-233
19. Clausen J, Hiesey WM (1958) Experimental studies on the nature of species. IV. Genetic structure of ecological races. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication no 615. Washington, DC
20. Clausen J, Keck DD, Hiesey WM (1940) Experimental studies on the nature of species. I. The effect of varied environments on western North American plants. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication no 520. Washington, DC
21. Clausen J, Keck DD, Hiesey WM (1948) Experimental studies on the nature of species. III. Environmental responses of climatic races of Achillea. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication no 581. Washington, DC
22. Dingle H, Mousseau TA (1994) Geographic variation in embryonic development time and stage of diapause in a grasshopper. Oecologia 97: 179-185
23. Dingle H, Mousseau TA, Scott SM (1990) Altitudinal variation in life cycle syndromes of California populations of the grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes (F.). Oecologia 84: 199-206
24. Gill PD (1979) Colour-pattern variation in relation to habitat in the grasshopper C. brunneus (Thunberg). Ecol Entomol 4: 249-257
25. Grant A, Hassall M, Willott SJ (1993) An alternative theory of grasshopper life cycles. Oikos 66: 263-268
26. Grayson FWL (1984) The population and feeding ecology of Chorthippus brunneus (Thunberg) on Breckland grass heaths. PhD thesis, University of East Anglia
27. Haes ECM, Harding PT (1997) Atlas of the grasshoppers, crickets and allied insects in Britain and Ireland. HMSO, London
28. Hartley JC, Warne AC (1973) The distribution of Pholidoptera griseoaptera (DeGeer) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in England and Wales related to accumulated temperatures. J Anim Ecol 42: 531-537
29. Hassall M, Grayson FWL (1987) The occurrence of an additional instar in the development of Chorthippus brunneus (Orthoptera: Gomphocerinae). J Nat Hist 21: 329-337
30. Heslop-Harrison J (1964) Forty years of genecology. Adv Ecol Res 2: 159-247
31. Hewitt GM, John B (1970) The B-chromosome system of Myrmeleotettix maculatus (Thunb.). I. The dynamics. Evolution 24: 169-180
32. Hewitt G, Ruscoe C (1971) Changes in microclimate correlated with a cline for B-chromosomes in the grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus (Thunb.) (Orthoptera: Acrididae). J Anim Ecol 40: 753-765
33. Hill L, Taylor HJ (1933) Locusts in sunlight. Nature 132: 276
34. Lawton JH (1995) The response of insects to environmental change. In: Harrington R, Stork NE (eds) Insects in a changing environment. Academic Press, London, pp 4-26
35. Mariko S, Koizumi H (1993) Respiration for maintenance and growth in Reynoutria japonica ecotypes from different altitudes on Mt Fuji. Ecol Res 8: 241-246
36. Marshall JA, Haes ECM (1990) Grasshoppers and allied insects of Great Britain and Ireland. Harley, Colchester
37. Masaki S (1967) Geographic variation and climatic adaptation in a field cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Evolution 21: 725-741
38. Meteorological Office (1982) Observer's handbook. HMSO, London
39. Monk KA (1985) Effect of habitat on the life history strategies of some British grasshoppers. J Anim Ecol 54: 163-177
40. Mousseau TA (1997) Ectotherms follow the converse to Bergmann's rule. Evolution 51: 630-632
41. Mousseau TA, Dingle H (1991) Maternal effects in insect life histories. Annu Rev Entomol 36: 511-534
42. Mousseau TA, Roff DA (1989) Adaptation to seasonality in a cricket: patterns of phenotypic and genotypic variation in body size along a cline in season length. Evolution 43: 1483-1496
43. 2 and temperature levels in Arabidopsis thaliana. Oecologia 104: 394-396
44. Nylin S, Svärd L (1991) Latitudinal patterns in the size of European butterflies. Holarctic Ecol 14: 192-202
45. Partridge L, Coyne JA (1997) Bergmann's rule in ectotherms: is it adaptive? Evolution 51: 632-635
46. Partridge L, French V (1996) Thermal evolution of ectotherm body size: why get big in the cold? In: Johnston IA, Bennett AF (eds) Animals and temperature: phenotypic and evolutionary adaptation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp 265-292
47. 4 grass Echinochloa crus-galli. J Ecol 74: 915-923
48. Ray C (1960) The application of Bergmann's and Allen's rules to the poikilotherms. J Morphol 106: 85-108
49. Richards OW, Waloff N (1954) Studies on the biology and population dynamics of British grasshoppers. Anti-Locust Bull 17: 1-182
50. Robertson PA, Ward RT (1970) Ecotypic differentiation in Koeleria cristata (L.) Pers. from Colorado and related areas. Ecology 51: 1083-1087
51. Sawada S, Nakajima Y, Tsukida M, Sasaki K, Hazama Y, Futatsuya M, Watanabe A (1994) Ecotypic differentiation of dry matter production processes in relation to survivorship and reproductive potential in Plantago asiatica populations along climatic gradients. Funct Ecol 8: 400-409
52. Sibly R, Monk K (1987) A theory of grasshopper life cycles. Oikos 48: 186-194
53. Sibly RM, Winokur L, Smith RH (1997) Interpopulation variation in phenotypic plasticity in the speckled wood butterfly. Pararge aegeria. Oikos 78: 323-330
54. Sota T (1986) Carabid populations along an altitudinal gradient: life history variation of Leptocarabus kumagii (Coleoptera: Carabidae). In: Boer PJ den, Boer PJ den, Luff ML, Mossakowski D, Weber F (eds) Carabid beetles: their adaptations and dynamics. Fischer, Stuttgart, pp 429-438
55. Stearns SC (1992) The evolution of life histories. Oxford University Press, Oxford
56. Strong DR (1972) Life history variation among populations of an amphipod (Hylalella azteca). Ecology 53: 1103-1111
57. Thorens P (1991) Development and morphology of Chorthippus mollis (Charp.) (Orthoptera. Acrididae). Bull SocEntomol Suisse 64: 9-25
58. Turesson G (1922) The genotypical response of the plant species to the habitat. Hereditas 3: 211-350
59. Uvarov BP (1931) Insects and climate. Trans Entomol Soc Lond 79: 1-247
60. Willott SJ (1992) The thermal ecology and population dynamics of grasshoppers in relation to grazing on a Breckland grass heath. PhD thesis, University of East Anglia
61. Willott SJ, Hassall M (1998) Life-history responses of British grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) to temperature change. Fund Ecol 12: 232-241