期刊
BIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 6, 期 5, 页码 636-638出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0171
关键词
enemy release; functional-response; invasive-species; parasites; predation; trait-mediated-indirect-effects
资金
- NERC [NE/G01 521X/1]
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/G01521X/1, NE/G015201/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [NE/G01521X/1, NE/G015201/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Invasive species can have profound impacts on communities and it is increasingly recognized that such effects may be mediated by parasitism. The 'enemy release' hypothesis posits that invaders may be successful and have high impacts owing to escape from parasitism. Alternatively, we hypothesize that parasites may increase host feeding rates and hence parasitized invaders may have increased community impacts. Here, we investigate the influence of parasitism on the predatory impact of the invasive freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex. Up to 70 per cent of individuals are infected with the acanthocephalan parasite Echinorhynchus truttae, but parasitized individuals were no different in body condition to those unparasitized. Parasitized individuals consumed significantly more prey (Asellus aquaticus; Isopoda) than did unparasitized individuals. Both parasitized and unparasitized individuals displayed Type-II functional responses (FRs), with the FR for parasitized individuals rising more steeply, with a higher asymptote, compared with unparasitized individuals. While the parasite reduced the fitness of individual females, we predict a minor effect on population recruitment because of low parasite prevalence in the peak reproductive period. The parasite thus has a large per capita effect on predatory rate but a low population fitness effect, and thus may enhance rather than reduce the impact of this invader.
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