期刊
WEED RESEARCH
卷 59, 期 3, 页码 170-179出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/wre.12354
关键词
agroecology; biological control; carabid beetles; seed predation; seed mass; trade-off
资金
- ANR AGROBIOSE [ANR-13-AGRO-0001]
- French Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Region Poitou-Charentes
- Conseil Departemental des Deux-Sevres
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-13-AGRO-0001] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
Seed predation by natural predators can contribute to the regulation of the weed seedbank, hence has been acknowledged as a promising way to significantly reduce the use of chemicals and mechanical weeding to manage arable weeds. However, the complex aspects that determine seed species preference are not yet fully understood, especially, the relationship between weed seed traits and the feeding behaviour of seed predator species. In this study, we examine predation on 42 weed species by four ground beetle species as a function of two major seed traits: seed mass and seed lipid content. We used an _original experimental design to create a statistically independent trait value distribution for evaluating the separate and interactive effects of these two traits. Our results show that all the ground beetles species consumed weed seeds, but at different rates. The smallest weed seeds with high lipid content were among the most consumed. While seed mass might be limiting for ground beetles, due to ease of handling or the thickness of the seed coat, they may preferentially consume seeds rich in lipids to increase energy uptake. To our knowledge, this study is the first to reveal that two major seed traits drive seed predation by ground beetles.
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