Different Oviposition Strategies of Closely Related Damselfly Species as an Effective Defense against Parasitoids

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Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41330/19:78559
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/10/1/26/htm" target="_blank" >http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/10/1/26/htm</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10010026" target="_blank" >10.3390/insects10010026</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Different Oviposition Strategies of Closely Related Damselfly Species as an Effective Defense against Parasitoids
Original language description
We evaluated the proportion of parasitized and undeveloped eggs of three common damselfly species from the family Lestidae, the most diverse group of European damselflies, in terms of oviposition strategies, notably clutch patterning and the ability to utilize oviposition substrates with different mechanical properties. We assumed that higher costs associated with some oviposition strategies will be balanced by lower egg mortality. We found that the ability of Chalcolestes viridis to oviposit into very stiff substrates brings benefit in the form of a significantly lower rate of parasitoidism and lower proportion of undeveloped eggs. The fundamentally different phenology of Sympecma fusca and/or their ability to utilize dead plants as oviposition substrate resulted in eggs that were completely free of parasitoids. Our results indicated that ovipositing into substrates that are unsuitable for most damselfly species significantly reduces egg mortality. Notably, none of these oviposition strategies would work unless combined with other adaptations, such as prolonging the duration of the prolarval life stage or the ability to oviposit into stiff tissue.
Czech name
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Czech description
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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
10616 - Entomology

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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