Conspecific avoidance during foraging in Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): The roles of host presence and conspecific densities

We explored the effects of the presence of conspecifics on host patch choice decisions made by the parasitoid Venturia canescens. Different odor sources were located in plastic boxes at the end of each arm of a glass Y-tube olfactometer. In a set of experiments, odor sources were either (a) host kai...

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Autores principales: Castelo, M.K., Corley, J.C., Desouhant, E.
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spelling todo:paper_08927553_v16_n2_p307_Castelo2023-10-03T15:41:41Z Conspecific avoidance during foraging in Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): The roles of host presence and conspecific densities Castelo, M.K. Corley, J.C. Desouhant, E. Host-parasitoid interactions Intraspecific competition Olfactory foraging behavior Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae Venturia canescens Venturia canescens Vespidae We explored the effects of the presence of conspecifics on host patch choice decisions made by the parasitoid Venturia canescens. Different odor sources were located in plastic boxes at the end of each arm of a glass Y-tube olfactometer. In a set of experiments, odor sources were either (a) host kairomone patches with or without conspecifics (5 or 20) or (b) two odor sources located in successive boxes (a host kairomone patch and a patch with 20 conspecifics in one arm versus a host patch and an empty patch in the other). Our results indicate that V. canescens avoids competition only at high conspecific densities. Avoidance occurs only when foraging wasps perceive the combined odors from host kairomones and conspecific females. Separating the host patch from conspecific parasitoids does not perturb avoidance behavior. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_08927553_v16_n2_p307_Castelo
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topic Host-parasitoid interactions
Intraspecific competition
Olfactory foraging behavior
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Venturia canescens
Venturia canescens
Vespidae
spellingShingle Host-parasitoid interactions
Intraspecific competition
Olfactory foraging behavior
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Venturia canescens
Venturia canescens
Vespidae
Castelo, M.K.
Corley, J.C.
Desouhant, E.
Conspecific avoidance during foraging in Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): The roles of host presence and conspecific densities
topic_facet Host-parasitoid interactions
Intraspecific competition
Olfactory foraging behavior
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Venturia canescens
Venturia canescens
Vespidae
description We explored the effects of the presence of conspecifics on host patch choice decisions made by the parasitoid Venturia canescens. Different odor sources were located in plastic boxes at the end of each arm of a glass Y-tube olfactometer. In a set of experiments, odor sources were either (a) host kairomone patches with or without conspecifics (5 or 20) or (b) two odor sources located in successive boxes (a host kairomone patch and a patch with 20 conspecifics in one arm versus a host patch and an empty patch in the other). Our results indicate that V. canescens avoids competition only at high conspecific densities. Avoidance occurs only when foraging wasps perceive the combined odors from host kairomones and conspecific females. Separating the host patch from conspecific parasitoids does not perturb avoidance behavior.
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author Castelo, M.K.
Corley, J.C.
Desouhant, E.
author_facet Castelo, M.K.
Corley, J.C.
Desouhant, E.
author_sort Castelo, M.K.
title Conspecific avoidance during foraging in Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): The roles of host presence and conspecific densities
title_short Conspecific avoidance during foraging in Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): The roles of host presence and conspecific densities
title_full Conspecific avoidance during foraging in Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): The roles of host presence and conspecific densities
title_fullStr Conspecific avoidance during foraging in Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): The roles of host presence and conspecific densities
title_full_unstemmed Conspecific avoidance during foraging in Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): The roles of host presence and conspecific densities
title_sort conspecific avoidance during foraging in venturia canescens (hymenoptera: ichneumonidae): the roles of host presence and conspecific densities
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_08927553_v16_n2_p307_Castelo
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