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JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
卷 36, 期 7, 页码 1050-1064出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14195
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avoidance learning; birds; Heteroptera; Oxycarenidae; predation; Salticidae; spiders
Prey species change their antipredator defence during ontogeny, which is connected to different potential predators over their life cycle. The reactions of spiders and birds to larvae and adults of two invasive true bug species with life-stage-specific chemical defence mechanisms differed significantly. Spiders were deterred by adult bugs' defences, while larvae defences were ineffective against them. Birds attacked larvae less often than adult bugs. The results indicate a predator-specific ontogenetic change in defence effectiveness, likely linked to the life-stage-specific composition of secretions.
Many prey species change their antipredator defence during ontogeny, which may be connected to different potential predators over the life cycle of the prey. To test this hypothesis, we compared reactions of two predator taxa - spiders and birds - to larvae and adults of two invasive true bug species, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis and Oxycarenus lavaterae (Heteroptera: Oxycarenidae) with life-stage-specific chemical defence mechanisms. The reactions to larvae and adults of both true bug species strikingly differed between the two predator taxa. The spiders were deterred by the defences of adult bugs, but the larval defences were ineffective against them. By contrast, birds attacked the larvae considerably less often than the adult bugs. The results indicate a predator-specific ontogenetic change in defence effectiveness of both Oxycarenus species. The change in defence is likely linked to the life-stage-specific composition of secretions in both species: whereas secretions of larvae are dominated by unsaturated aldehydes, secretions of adults are rich in terpenoids, which probably serve dual function of defensive chemicals and pheromones. Our results highlight the variation in defence between different life stages and the importance of testing responses of different types of predators.
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