期刊
AMERICAN NATURALIST
卷 174, 期 6, 页码 780-794出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/647971
关键词
mutualism; exploitation; competition; coexistence; adaptive dynamics; coevolution
资金
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona
- Science Foundation (NSF) [DEB-0806836, EF0623632]
- French Agence Nationale de la Recherche
With the growing recognition of exploiters as a prominent and enduring feature of many mutualisms, there is a need to understand the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of mutualisms in the context of exploitation. Here, we model coevolution between mutualist and exploiter birth rates, using an obligate pollinating seed parasite mutualism associated with a nonpollinating exploiter as a reference system. In this system, mutualist and exploiter larvae parasitize the host plant, competing for and consuming seeds. Evolution of the mutualist determines which exploiters can invade successfully. Subsequent coevolution with an exploiter has a strong, predictable influence on mutualist-exploiter coexistence, mutualist and exploiter phenotypes, and species abundances. Weak mutualist competition promotes evolutionary purging of the exploiter, while weak exploiter competition leads to evolutionary suicide of the system. When stable, long-term coexistence occurs, we identify two main trait-abundance syndromes that have three novel implications. (1) Persistent, highly parasitic exploiters can be favored by coevolution. (2) Even then, the density of coevolved mutualists can be high. (3) Low plant density results primarily from the evolution of mutualist, not exploiter, birth rate and density. To evaluate these predictions, studies are needed that identify and compare populations with and without exploiters and compare life-history traits of mutualists and exploiters.
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