Journal
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
Volume 85, Issue 2, Pages 507-515Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12487
Keywords
carry-over effects; Drosophila melanogaster; non-consumptive effects; seasonality; top-down effects
Funding
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
- University of Guelph Research Chair
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Fear of predation can have non-lethal effects on individuals within a season but whether, and to what extent, these effects carry over into subsequent seasons is not known. Using a replicated seasonal population of the common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, we examined both within- and cross-seasonal effects of fear on survival and reproductive output. Compared to controls, flies exposed to the scent of mantid (Tenodera sinensis) predators in the non-breeding season had 64% higher mortality, and lost 60% more mass by the end of the non-breeding season and, in the subsequent breeding season, produced 20% fewer offspring that weighed 9% less at maturity. Flies exposed to the scent of mantids in the breeding season did not produce fewer offspring, but their offspring developed faster and weighed less as adults compared to the controls. Our results demonstrate how effects of fear can be manifested both within and across seasons and emphasize the importance of understanding how events throughout the annual cycle influence individual success of animals living in seasonal environments.
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