A Holistic Approach to Parasitoid-Host Interaction Along an Elevational Gradient Revealed Coevolution Driven by Host Foraging Strategy
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41210%2F25%3A102403" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41210/25:102403 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62156489:43410/25:43926935 RIV/00027006:_____/25:10178041
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.71227?getft_integrator=clarivate&utm_source=clarivate" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.71227?getft_integrator=clarivate&utm_source=clarivate</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71227" target="_blank" >10.1002/ece3.71227</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A Holistic Approach to Parasitoid-Host Interaction Along an Elevational Gradient Revealed Coevolution Driven by Host Foraging Strategy
Original language description
The evolutionary processes that shape host-parasitoid coexistence in a changing environment are poorly understood. We examined the large-scale distribution of highly specialised polysphinctine Darwin wasps associated with spiders along an elevational gradient and tested the hypothesis that distribution and parasitism rates depend on elevation, habitat type and the species and age composition of the host community. Further, on the basis of a large-scale dataset, we examined the hypothesis that three-dimensional webs in spiders may be an evolutionary adaptation against polysphinctine parasitoids. We found significant variation in parasitoid distribution and parasitism rates along a 1500 m elevational gradient in central Europe. The optimal model showed a humped shape for the parasitism rate on an elevational gradient. Overall, we found relatively low parasitism rates (4%) on spiders, with the highest parasitism rates in non-forested riparian vegetation and the lowest in agroecosystems. Rates of parasitism varied significantly among spiders forming different types of webs (foraging guilds). Spiders spinning 3D webs were dominant in the spider community, but parasitism on them was lower compared to spiders spinning 2D webs, probably because of the defensive function of the 3D web architecture. The bottom-up approach, in which the entire spider host community is analysed for parasitism rate, supports the hypothesis that 3D webs are evolutionarily novel and could have arisen as a result of the need for defence against enemies such as parasitoids.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA23-07303S" target="_blank" >GA23-07303S: Darwin wasps as a model of the parasitoid-host coevolution – an integrative approach</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
ISSN
2045-7758
e-ISSN
2045-7758
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
001464345700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105002620742