1. Search for top‐down and bottom‐up drivers of latitudinal trends in insect herbivory in oak trees in Europe
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Ágnes Fürjes-Mikó, Yasmine Kadiri, Thomas Damestoy, Marco Ferrante, Andreas Schuldt, Csaba Béla Eötvös, Arndt Hampe, Marketa Tahadlova, Mihai-Leonard Duduman, Luc Barbaro, Anna Mrazova, Ayco J. M. Tack, Tomas Roslin, Slobodan Milanović, Maria Faticov, Michèle Kaennel-Dobbertin, Andreas Prinzing, György Csóka, Aurélien Sallé, Deborah J. Harvey, Gábor L. Lövei, Katerina Sam, Olivier Bouriaud, Xoaquín Moreira, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Lars Opgennoorth, Martin M. Gossner, Juha-Matti Pitkänen, Andrea Galmán, Laurent Augusto, Giada Centenaro, Julia Koricheva, Anne-Maïmiti Dulaurent, Jovan Dobrosavljević, Andrey V. Selikhovkin, Marija Popović, Elena Valdés-Correcher, Manuela Branco, D. Lupaştean, Valentin Queloz, Lassi Suominen, Christophe Bouget, Mikhail V. Kozlov, Rebecca L. Thomas, Anna Yu. Popova, Bastien Castagneyrol, Andy G. Howe, Alexander Kozel, Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés (BioGeCo), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Interactions Sol Plante Atmosphère (UMR ISPA), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques de Bordeaux-Aquitaine (Bordeaux Sciences Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Dynamiques et écologie des paysages agriforestiers (DYNAFOR), École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse [ENSAT]-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Ecosystèmes forestiers (UR EFNO), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University Stefan cel Mare of Suceava (USU), Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA), Universita degli Studi di Padova, National Agricultural Research and Innovation Center (NARIC), Agro-écologie, Hydrogéochimie, Milieux et Ressources (AGHYLE), UniLaSalle, Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes] (ECOBIO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), ANR-10-LABX-0045,COTE,COntinental To coastal Ecosystems: evolution, adaptability and governance(2010), Mision Biologica de Galicia (MBG), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse (ENSAT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la COnservation (CESCO), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon (ULISBOA), Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd), University of Belgrade [Belgrade], Universitatea Stefan cel Mare Suceava (USU), Stockholm University, Aarhus University [Aarhus], University of the Azores, Swiss Federal Research Institute, Royal Holloway [University of London] (RHUL), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Georg-August-University = Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU), Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences (BIOLOGY CENTRE CAS), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), University of South Bohemia, and This study was carried out with financial support from the French National Research Agency (ANR) in the frame of the Investments for the Future Programme, within the Cluster of Excellence COTE (Continental To coastal Ecosystems: evolution, adaptability and governance) (ANR-10-LABX-45). E.V.C. was funded by the BiodivERsA (BiodivERsA is a network of national and regional funding organisations promoting pan-European research on biodiversity and ecosystem services, and offering innovative opportunities for the conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity) project SPONFOREST (Unraveling the potential of spontaneous forest establishment for improving ecosystem functions and services in dynamic landscapes) (BiodivERsA3-2015-58). The authors warmly thank all the young European citizens and their teachers who made this study possible. They also thank the professional scientists who kindly agreed to participate in this study: Stefan K. Müller (Freie evangelische Schule Lörrach), Olga Mijón Pedreira (teacher IES Rosais 2, Vigo-Spain) and Mickael Pihain (Research Unit 'Ecosystèmes, Biodiversité, Evolution', University of Rennes 1/CNRS, 35042 Rennes, France), and Chloe Mendiondo and Claire Colliaux (Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Flakkebjerg Research Centre, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark).
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0106 biological sciences ,защита растений ,Range (biology) ,Leaf Chemistry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Climate ,Plant Defences ,Nutritional quality ,Insect ,Plant defences ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Latitude ,Quercus robur ,biotic interactions ,биотические факторы ,Avian Insectivory ,Artificial Prey ,Avian insectivory ,Natural enemies ,climatic gradients ,pedunculate oak ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,media_common ,2. Zero hunger ,[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment ,Global and Planetary Change ,Herbivore ,насекомые-вредители ,Ecology ,biology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Artificial prey ,климатические градиенты ,15. Life on land ,Latitudinal gradients ,biology.organism_classification ,климатические факторы ,climatic factors ,Taxon ,13. Climate action ,широтные градиенты ,Leaf chemistry ,herbivorous insects ,травоядные насекомые ,дуб черешчатый ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
AIM: The strength of species interactions is traditionally expected to increase toward the Equator. However, recent studies have reported opposite or inconsistent latitudinal trends in the bottom-up (plant quality) and top-down (natural enemies) forces driving herbivory. In addition, these forces have rarely been studied together thus limiting previous attempts to understand the effect of large-scale climatic gradients on herbivory. LOCATION: Europe. TIME PERIOD: 2018–2019. MAJOR TAXA STUDIED: Quercus robur. METHODS: We simultaneously tested for latitudinal variation in plant–herbivore–natural enemy interactions. We further investigated the underlying climatic factors associated with variation in herbivory, leaf chemistry and attack rates in Quercus robur across its complete latitudinal range in Europe. We quantified insect leaf damage and the incidence of specialist herbivores as well as leaf chemistry and bird attack rates on dummy caterpillars on 261 oak trees. RESULTS: Climatic factors rather than latitude per se were the best predictors of the large-scale (geographical) variation in the incidence of gall-inducers and leaf-miners as well as in leaf nutritional content. However, leaf damage, plant chemical defences (leaf phenolics) and bird attack rates were not influenced by climatic factors or latitude. The incidence of leaf-miners increased with increasing concentrations of hydrolysable tannins, whereas the incidence of gall-inducers increased with increasing leaf soluble sugar concentration and decreased with increasing leaf C : N ratios and lignins. However, leaf traits and bird attack rates did not vary with leaf damage. MAIN CONCLUSIONS: These findings help to refine our understanding of the bottom-up and top-down mechanisms driving geographical variation in plant–herbivore interactions, and indicate the need for further examination of the drivers of herbivory on trees. This study was carried out with financial support from the French National Research Agency (ANR) in the frame of the Investments for the Future Programme, within the Cluster of Excellence COTE (Continental To coastal Ecosystems: evolution, adaptability and governance) (ANR-10-LABX-45). E.V.C. was funded by the BiodivERsA (BiodivERsA is a network of national and regional funding organisations promoting pan-European research on biodiversity and ecosystem services, and offering innovative opportunities for the conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity) project SPONFOREST (Unraveling the potential of spontaneous forest establishment for improving ecosystem functions and services in dynamic landscapes) (BiodivERsA3-2015-58). info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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- 2021
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