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Indirect interactions between plants mediated by insect herbivores
Alejandro Benhumea
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Water
Water
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-Associational Susceptibility
Direct Interactions
Indirect Interactions
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Overview
•Plants•Bugs•Hypothesis•Methods•Data•conclusion•Q&A
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Opuntia imbricata (cholla) &
Opuntia phaeacantha (Prickly Pear)
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Cholla Cacti•Grows in cylindrical segments.
•Main plant density occurs at the base of los pinos.
• Structure prevents plant from being eaten by larger mammals
•Cholla are much more abundant than the prickly pear
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Prickly Pear Cacti
Fruits
Cladodes
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•Juveniles/Adults
•Reproduction
•Predators
•Insect abundance
Narnia pallidicornis
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Adult
Old Fruit
Juvenile
Proboscis
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Reproduction Eggs
•Juveniles will depend on their host plant until they are adults.
•Juveniles that have hatched
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Hypothesis 1
“Bug abundance on cholla cacti is greater on plants closer to the prickly pear cacti”.
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Method•Chose random Prickly pear and surveyed the surrounding cholla within a 15 m Radius.
•Surveyed 108 Cholla plants
•Took GPS coordinates for each plant with an accuracy of ~.5-1 meter to be able to measure plant distances.
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LegendCactus Sample Points
°0 100 20050
Meters
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Data
5-100 0-5 m 10-15
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no significant effect of distance
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2006 Observational Data
Distance from prickly pear
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2004 Observational Data.
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significant effect of distance, P = 0.015A
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Distance from prickly pear
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04-06 comparison of prickly pear Fruit Production
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2004 fruits
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Hypothesis 2
• “insects released on high quality plants will stay closer than insects released on low quality plants.
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MethodsBug capture, marking and releasing. With a 24 hr wait time.
24 hr.
I will be marking and releasing 30 insects per plant.
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Fruits
15
Or
5
Fruits were taken from nearby prickly pear and placed on the plant that would be in the experiment.
Prickly pear outside of experiment
Prickly pear inside the experiment
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Predictions
•By simulating Over Population, the bugs will move out with proportion to the available food source.
•Bugs will feed on fruit even though it had been cut off from the plant.
•I am expecting the dispersal to be gradual over 2 or 3 days. Changed it to 24 hours
•I am also expecting this experiment to follow closely with
My first hypothesis.
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Results of experimental release
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no significant effects of treatment or distance
Distance from prickly pear
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Predators
Jumping Spider Praying Mantis Northern Mockingbird
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Conclusion.
• The associational interaction from insects varies from one time frame to another
• In a Arid ecosystem climate changes over the years influence fruit abundance and the indirect interaction of plants through a mediated insect herbivore.
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Questions
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A Big Thanks to…
• Sevilleta LTER
• Fish and Wildlife
• Jennifer Johnson
• Brenda Nieto
• Andrew Romenger
• Ashwana Fricker
• Tom Miller