Spider mite web mediates anti-predator behaviour

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Lemos, Felipe ^a   Sarmento, Renato Almeida ^a,b,c   Pallini, Angelo ^a   Dias, Cleide Rosa ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^c   Janssen, Arne ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecosystem engineers; Oviposition behaviour; Phytoseiulus longipes; Predation risk; Tetranychus evansi; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; EGG PREDATION; EGG PRODUCTION; FRUIT; HERBIVORE; LEAF; MITE; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; OVIPOSITION; PREDATION RISK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ACARI; ARANEAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHYTOSEIULUS LONGIPES; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS EVANSI;

EID: 77449099536     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9344-1     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Agarwala BK, Bardhanroy P, Yasuda H, Takizawa T (2003) Effects of conspecific and heterospecific competitors on feeding and oviposition of a predatory ladybird: a laboratory study. Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata 106: 219-226.
2. Blair BW (1989) Laboratory screening of acaricides against Tetranychus evansi Baker and Pritchard. Crop Prot 8: 212-216.
3. Bolland H, Vala F (2000) First record of the sipder mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Portugal. Entomologische Berichten 60: 180.
4. Bonato O (1999) The effect of temperature on life history parameters of Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae). Exp Appl Acarol 23: 11-19.
5. Chivers DP, Wisenden BD, Smith RJF (1996) Damselfly larvae learn to recognize predators from chemical cues in the predator's diet. Anim Behav 52: 315-320.
6. Chivers DP, Zhao XX, Brown GE, Marchant TA, Ferrari MCO (2008) Predator-induced changes in morphology of a prey fish: the effects of food level and temporal frequency of predation risk. Evol Ecol 22: 561-574.
7. Choh Y, Takabayashi J (2007) Predator avoidance in phytophagous mites: response to present danger depends on alternative host quality. Oecologia 151: 262-267.
8. Choh Y, Uefune M, Takabayashi J (2010) Predation-related odours reduce oviposition in a herbivorous mite. Exp Appl Acarol 50: 1-8.
9. Crawley MJ (2007) The R book. John Wiley, Chichester.
10. de Bruijn PJA, Egas M, Janssen A, Sabelis MW (2006) Pheromone-induced priming of a defensive response in Western flower thrips. J Chem Ecol 32: 1599-1603.
11. Ferragut F, Escudero A (1999) Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard (Acari, Tetranychidae), uma nueava araña roja en los cultivos hortícolas españoles. Bol San Veg Plagas 25: 157-164.
12. Furtado IP, de Moraes GJ, Kreiter S, Knapp M (2006) Search for effective natural enemies of Tetranychus evansi in south and southeast Brazil. Exp Appl Acarol 40: 157-174.
13. Furtado IP, de Moraes GJ, Kreiter S, Tixier MS, Knapp M (2007) Potential of a Brazilian population of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus longipes as a biological control agent of Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Phytoseiidae: Tetranychidae). Biol Control 42: 139-147.
14. Gerson U (1985) Webbing. In: Helle W, Sabelis MW (eds) Spider mites: their biology, natural enemies and control. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 223-232.
15. Grostal P, Dicke M (1999) Direct and indirect cues of predation risk influence behavior and reproduction of prey: a case for acarine interactions. Behav Ecol 10: 422-427.
16. Havel J (1987) Predator-induced defences: a review. In: Kerfoot CW, Sih A (eds) Predation: direct and indirect impacts on aquatic communities. University Press of New England, Hanover.
17. Hazan A, Gertler A, Tahori AS, Gerson U (1975) Spider mite webbing-III. Solubilization and amino acid composition of the silk protein. Comp Biochem Physiol B: Biochem Mol Biol 51: 457-462.
18. Helle W, Sabelis MW (1985) Spider mites: their biology, natural enemies and control. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
19. Hirsch S, Bolles R (1980) On the ability of prey to recognize predators. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 54: 71-84.
20. Ho C, Wang S, Chien Y (2004) Field observations on two newly recorded spider mites in Taiwan. Plant Protect Bull 47: 391-402.
21. Horita M, Chittenden AR, Sato Y, Saito Y (2004) Function of the web box as an anti-predator barrier in the spider mite, Schizotetranychus recki. J Ethol 22: 105-108.
22. Janssen A, Pallini A, Venzon M, Sabelis MW (1998) Behaviour and indirect interactions in food webs of plant- inhabiting arthropods. Exp Appl Acarol 22: 497-521.
23. Jones CG, Lawton JH, Shachak M (1997) Positive and negative effects of organisms as physical ecosystem engineers. Ecology 78: 1946-1957.
24. Kats LB, Dill LM (1998) The scent of death: chemosensory assessment of predation risk by prey animals. Ecoscience 5: 361-394.
25. Kroon A, Veenendaal RL, Bruin J, Egas M, Sabelis MW (2008) "Sleeping with the enemy"-predator-induced diapause in a mite. Naturwissenschaften 95: 1195-1198.
26. Lima SL (1998) Nonlethal effects in the ecology of predator-prey interactions-what are the ecological effects of anti-predator decision-making? Bioscience 48: 25-34.
27. Lima SL, Bednekoff PA (1999) Temporal variation in danger drives antipredator behavior: the predation risk allocation hypothesis. Am Nat 153: 649-659.
28. Lima SL, Dill LM (1990) Behavioral decisions made under the risk of predation-a review and prospectus. Can J Zool 68: 619-640.
29. Lohrey AK, Clark DL, Gordon SD, Uetz GW (2009) Antipredator responses of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) to sensory cues representing an avian predator. Anim Behav 77: 813-821.
30. Magalhães S, Janssen A, Hanna R, Sabelis MW (2002) Flexible antipredator behaviour in herbivorous mites through vertical migration in a plant. Oecologia 132: 143-149.
31. Montserrat M, Bas C, Magalhaes S, Sabelis MW, de Roos AM, Janssen A (2007) Predators induce egg retention in prey. Oecologia 150: 699-705.
32. Nomikou M, Janssen A, Sabelis MW (2003) Herbivore host plant selection: whitefly learns to avoid host plants that harbour predators of her offspring. Oecologia 136: 484-488.
33. Oku K, Yano S, Takafuji A (2003) Spider mite's use of a refuge during the quiescent stage in the presence of a predator. Entomol Exp Appl 108: 71-74.
34. Oku K, Yano S, Takafuji A (2004) Nonlethal indirect effects of a native predatory mite, Amblyseius womersleyi Schicha (Acari: Phytoseiidae), on the phytophagous mite Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida (Acari: Tetranychidae). J Ethol 22: 109-112.
35. Pallini A, Janssen A, Sabelis MW (1998) Predators induce interspecific herbivore competition for food in refuge space. Ecol Lett 1: 171-177.
36. Pallini A, Janssen A, Sabelis MW (1999) Spider mites avoid plants with predators. Exp Appl Acarol 23: 803-815.
37. Ramalho F, Flechtmann C (1979) Níveis de infestação de Tetranychus evansi Baker e Pritchard, 1960 em diferentes fases de desenvolvimento de tomateiro. Rev Agricult 54: 51-56.
38. R Development Core Team (2006) R Foundation for Statistical Computing. Vienna, Austria.
39. Roda A, Nyrop J, Dicke M, English-Loeb G (2000) Trichomes and spider-mite webbing protect predatory mite eggs from intraguild predation. Oecologia 125: 428-435.
40. Sabelis MW (1981) Biological control of two-spotted spider mites using phytoseiid predators. Part I. Pudoc, Wageningen.
41. Sabelis MW, Bakker FM (1992) How predatory mites cope with the web of their Tetranychid prey-a functional view on dorsal chaetotaxy in the Phytoseiidae. Exp Appl Acarol 16: 203-225.
42. Schmitz OJ (1998) Direct and indirect effects of predation and predation risk in old-field interaction webs. Am Nat 151: 327-342.
43. Shimoda T, Kishimoto H, Takabayashi J, Amano H, Dicke M (2009) Comparison of thread-cutting behavior in three specialist predatory mites to cope with complex webs of Tetranychus spider mites. Exp Appl Acarol 47: 111-120.
44. Sih A (1980) Optimal behavior: can foragers balance two conflicting needs? Science 210: 1041-1043.
45. Sih A (1982) Foraging strategies and the avoidance of predation by an aquatic insect, Notonecta hoffmanni. Ecology 63: 786-796.
46. Skaloudova B, Zemek R, Krivan V (2007) The effect of predation risk on an acarine system. Anim Behav 74: 813-821.
47. Stumpner A, von Helversen D (2001) Evolution and function of auditory systems in insects. Naturwissenschaften 88: 159-170.
48. Tien NSH, Sabelis MW, Egas M (2009) The heritability of defense and life-history traits in the two-spotted spider mite. Evol Ecol Res 11: 1271-1281.
49. Tollrian R, Harvell CD (1999) The evolution of inducible defenses: current ideas. In: Tollrian R, Harvell CD (eds) The ecology of inducible defenses. Princeton University Press, Princeton, pp 306-321.
50. Tsagkarakou A, Cros-Arteil S, Navajas M (2007) First record of the invasive mite Tetranychus evansi in Greece. Phytoparasitica 35: 519-522.
51. Venzon M, Janssen A, Pallini A, Sabelis MW (2000) Diet of a polyphagous arthropod predator affects refuge seeking of its thrips prey. Anim Behav 60: 369-375.