On the significance of structural vegetation elements for caterpillar thermoregulation in two peat bog butterflies: Boloria eunomia and B. aquilonaris

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 173-180

  Turlure, Camille ^a,b   Radchuk, Viktoriia ^a   Baguette, Michel ^b,c   Van Dyck, Hans ^a   Schtickzelle, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CP51   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioral thermoregulation; Climate change; Ectothermous organisms; Habitat management; Microclimatic conditions; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOLORIA AQUILONARIS; BOLORIA EUNOMIA; BUTTERFLY; CATERPILLAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; SUN EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION; VEGETATION; WEATHER;

BOLORIA EUNOMIA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79955047922     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Agilletta M.J. Thermal Adaptation: A Theoretical and Empirical Synthesis 2009, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
2. Albanese G., Vickery P.D., Sievert P.R. Habitat characteristics of adult frosted elfins (Callophrys irus) in sandplain communities of southeastern Massachusetts, USA. Biol. Conserv. 2007, 136:53-64.
3. Albanese, G., Vickery, P., Sievert, P., 2008. Microhabitat use by larvae and females of a rare barrens butterfly, frosted elfin (Callophrys irus). J. Insect Conserv..
4. Alonso C. Choosing a place to grow. Importance of within-plant abiotic microenvironment for Yponomeuta mahalebella. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 1997, 83:171-180.
5. Aschcroft M.B., Chisholm L.A., French K.O. Climate change at the ladscape scale: predicting fine-grain sptial heterogeneity in warming and potential refugia for vegetation. Global Change Biol. 2009, 15:656-667.
6. Augem, A., 2007. La sélection de l'habitat et son influence sur le développement de deux espèces de Lépidoptères Rhopalocères (Proclossiana eunomia et Lycaena helle). M.Sc. Thesis, Université catholique de Louvain.
7. Barghusen L.E., Claussen D.L., Anderson M.S., Bailer A.J. The effects of temperature on the web-building behaviour of the common house spider, Achaearanea tepidariorum. Funct. Ecol. 1997, 11:4-10.
8. Bryant S.R., Thomas C.D., Bale J.S. Thermal ecology of gregarious and solitary nettle-feeding nymphalid butterfly larvae. Oecologia 2000, 122:1-10.
9. Burnham K.P., Anderson D.R. Model Selection and Multimodel Inference: A Practical Information-theoretic Approach 2002, Springer-Verlag, New York.
10. Casey T.M. Activity patterns, body temperature and thermal ecology in two desert caterpillars. Ecology 1976, 57:485-497.
11. Dennis R.L.H., Sparks T.H. When is a habitat not a habitat? Dramatic resource use changes under differing weather conditions for the butterfly Plebejus argus. Biol. Conserv. 2006, 129:291-301.
12. Fichefet, V., Barbier, Y., Baugnée, J.-Y., Dufrĉne, M., Goffart, P., Maes, D., Van Dyck, H., 2008. Papillons de jour de Wallonie (1985-2007). Publication du Groupe de Travail Papillons de jour Lycaena et du Centre de Recherche de la Nature, des Forĉts et du Bois (MRW-DGRNE), Gembloux.
13. Frears S.L., Chown S.L., Webb P.I. Behavioural thermoregulation in the mopane worm (Lepidoptera). J. Therm. Ecol. 1997, 22:325-330.
14. Goffart P., Schtickzelle N., Turlure C. Conservation and management of the habitats of two relict butterflies in the Belgian Ardenne: Proclossiana eunomia & Lycaena helle. Relict Species. Phylogeography and Conservation Biology 2010, Springer, Berlin, pp. 357-370. J. Habel, T. Assmann (Eds.).
15. Hellmann J.J. The effect of an environmental change on mobile butterfly larvae and the nutritional quality of their hosts. J. Anim. Ecol. 2002, 71:925-936.
16. Joss B., Casey T.M., Fitzgerald T.D., Buttemer W.A. Roles of the tent in behavioral thermoregulation of eastern tent caterpillars. Ecology 1988, 69:2004-2011.
17. Joy J., Pullin A.S. The effects of flooding on the survival and behaviour of overwintering large heath butterfly Coenonympha tullia larvae. Biol. Conserv. 1997, 82:61-66.
18. Karban R. Caterpillar basking behaviour and nonlethal parasitism by tachinid flies. J. Insect Behav. 1998, 11:713-723.
19. Kevan P.G., Jensen T.S., Shorthouse J.D. Body temperature and behavioural thermoregulation of high artic woolly-bear caterpillars and pupae (Gynaephora possii, Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera) and the importance of sunshine. Arctic Alpine Res. 1982, 14:125-136.
20. Klok C.J., Chown S.L. Assessing the benefits of aggregation: thermal biology and water relations of anomalous Emperor Moth caterpillars. Funct. Ecol. 1999, 13:417-427.
21. Knapp R., Casey T.M. Thermal ecology, behavior, and growth of gypsy moth and eastern tent caterpillars. Ecology 1986, 67:598-608.
22. Kukal O., Heinrich B., Duman J.G. Behavioural thermoregulation in the freeze-tolerant arctic caterpillar, Gynaephora groenlandica. J. Exp. Biol. 1988, 138:181-193.
23. Kührt U., Samietz J., Dorn S. Thermoregulation behaviour in codling moth larvae. Physiol. Entomol. 2005, 30:54-61.
24. Nice C.C., Fordyce J.A. How caterpillars avoid overheating: behavioral and phenotypic plasticity of pipevine swallowtail larvae. Oecologia 2006, 146:541-548.
25. Nungesser M.K. Modelling microtopography in boreal peatlands: hummocks and hollows. Ecol. Model. 2003, 165:175-207.
26. Pincebourde S., Casas J. Leaf miner-induced changes in leaf transmittance cause variations in insect respiration rates. J. Insect Physiol. 2006, 52:194-201.
27. Porter K. Basking behaviour in larvae of the butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Oikos 1982, 38:308-312.
28. Rawlins J.E., Lederhouse R.C. Developmental influences of thermal-behavior on Monarch Caterpillars (Danaus plexippus)-an adaptation for migration (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Danainae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 1981, 54:387-408.
29. Reader T., Hochuli D.F. Understanding gregariousness in a larval Lepidopteran: the roles of host plant, predation, and microclimate. Ecol. Entomol. 2003, 28:729-737.
30. Sei M., Porter A.H. Microhabitat-specific early-larval survival of the maritime ringlet (Coenonympha tullia nipisiquit). Anim. Conserv. 2003, 6:55-61.
31. Sherman P.W., Watt W.B. The thermal ecology of some Colias butterfly larvae. J. Comportemental Physiol. 1973, 83:25-40.
32. Stamp N.E., Bowers M.D. Variation in food quality and temperature constrain foraging of gregarious caterpillars. Ecology 1990, 71:1031-1039.
33. Stevenson R.D. The relative importance of behavioral and physiological adjustments controlling temperature in terrestrial ecotherms. Am. Nat. 1985, 126:362-386.
34. Turlure C., Van Dyck H., Schtickzelle N., Baguette M. Resource-based definition of the habitat, niche overlap and conservation of two glacial relict butterflies. Oikos 2009, 118:950-960.
35. Turlure C., Choutt J., Baguette M., Van Dyck H. Microclimate buffering and resource-based habitat of a relict butterfly species: significance for conservation under climate change. Global Change Biol. 2010, 16:1883-1893.
36. van der Molen P.C., Wijmstra T.A. The thermal regime of hummock-hollow complexes on Clara bog, Co. Offaly. Biol. Environ.: Proc. R. Irish Acad. 1994, 94B:209-221.
37. van Swaay C., Warren M. Prime butterfly areas of Europe: an initial selection of priority sites for conservation. J. Insect Conserv. 2006, 10:5-11.
38. WallisDeVries M.F., Van Swaay C.A.M. Global warming and excess nitrogen may induce butterfly decline by microclimatic cooling. Global Change Biol. 2006, 12:1620-1626.
39. Weiss S.B., Raymond R.W., Dennis D.M., Ehrlich P.R. Growth and dispersal of larvae of the Checkerspot Butterfly Euphydryas editha. Oikos 1987, 50:161-166.
40. Weiss S.B., Murphy D.D., White R.R. Sun, slope, and butterflies-topographic determinants of habitat quality for Euphydryas editha. Ecology 1988, 69:1486-1496.