| Relative investment in egg load and poison sac in fig wasps: Implications for physiological mechanisms underlying seed and wasp production in figs | |
Martinson, EO; Jander, KC; Peng, YQ ; Chen, HH; Machado, CA; Arnold, AE; Herre, EA
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| 2014 | |
| Source Publication | ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
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| ISSN | 1146-609X |
| Volume | 57Issue:xPages:58-66 |
| Abstract | Fig pollinating wasps and most non-pollinator wasps apply secretions from their poison sacs into oviposited flowers that appear necessary to the formation of the galls that their developing offspring consume. Thus, both eggs and poison sac secretions appear to be essential for wasp reproduction, but the relative investment in each is unknown. We measured relative investment in poison sac and egg production in pollinating and non-pollinating wasps associated with seven species of monoecious Panamanian figs representing both active and passive pollination syndromes. We then collected similar data for four fig hosts in China, where some wasp species in the genus Eupristina have lost the ability to pollinate ("cheaters"). All wasps examined possessed large poison sacs, and we found a strong positive correlation between poison sac size and absolute egg production. In the Panamanian species, the relative poison sac to egg investment was highest in the externally ovipositing non-pollinator-wasps, followed by active pollinators, then by passive pollinators. Further, pollinator wasps of fig species with demonstrated host sanctions against "cheating" wasps showed higher investment in the poison sac than wasps of species without sanctions. In the Chinese samples, relative investment in the poison sac was indistinguishable between pollinators and "cheaters" associated with the same fig species. We suggest that higher relative investment in poison sac across fig wasp species reflects higher relative difficulty in initiating formation of galls and subsequently obtaining resources from the fig. We discuss the implications for the stability of the fig-wasp mutualism, and for the ability of non-pollinators to exploit this mutualism. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. |
| Keyword | Figs Pollinator Wasps Parasitic Wasps Poison Sac Eggs Galls Reproductive Investment Mutualism |
| Language | 英语 |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/5073 |
| Collection | 协同进化组 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Martinson, EO,Jander, KC,Peng, YQ,et al. Relative investment in egg load and poison sac in fig wasps: Implications for physiological mechanisms underlying seed and wasp production in figs[J]. ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY,2014,57(x):58-66. |
| APA | Martinson, EO.,Jander, KC.,Peng, YQ.,Chen, HH.,Machado, CA.,...&Herre, EA.(2014).Relative investment in egg load and poison sac in fig wasps: Implications for physiological mechanisms underlying seed and wasp production in figs.ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY,57(x),58-66. |
| MLA | Martinson, EO,et al."Relative investment in egg load and poison sac in fig wasps: Implications for physiological mechanisms underlying seed and wasp production in figs".ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 57.x(2014):58-66. |
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