Field bands of marching locust juveniles show carbohydrate, not protein, limitation
Locusts are grasshoppers that migrate en masse and devastate food security, yet little is known about the nutritional needs of marching bands in nature. While it has been hypothesized that protein limitation promotes locust marching behavior, migration is fueled by dietary carbohydrates. We studied...
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| author | Cease, Arianne J. Trumper, Eduardo Victor Medina, Héctor Copa Bazán, Fernando Frana, Jorge Harrison, Jon Joaquin, Nelson Learned, Jennifer Roca, Mónica Rojas, Julio E. Talal, Stav Overson, Rick P. |
| author_browse | Cease, Arianne J. Copa Bazán, Fernando Frana, Jorge Harrison, Jon Joaquin, Nelson Learned, Jennifer Medina, Héctor Overson, Rick P. Roca, Mónica Rojas, Julio E. Talal, Stav Trumper, Eduardo Victor |
| author_facet | Cease, Arianne J. Trumper, Eduardo Victor Medina, Héctor Copa Bazán, Fernando Frana, Jorge Harrison, Jon Joaquin, Nelson Learned, Jennifer Roca, Mónica Rojas, Julio E. Talal, Stav Overson, Rick P. |
| author_sort | Cease, Arianne J. |
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| description | Locusts are grasshoppers that migrate en masse and devastate food security, yet little is known about the nutritional needs of marching bands in nature. While it has been hypothesized that protein limitation promotes locust marching behavior, migration is fueled by dietary carbohydrates. We studied South American Locust (Schistocerca cancellata) bands at eight sites across Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Bands ate most frequently from dishes containing carbohydrate artificial diets and minimally from balanced, protein, or control (vitamins and salts) dishes—indicating carbohydrate hunger. This hunger for carbohydrates is likely explained by the observation that local vegetation was generally protein-biased relative to locusts’ preferred protein to carbohydrate ratio. This study highlights the importance of studying the nutritional ecology of animals in their environment and suggests that carbohydrate limitation may be a common pattern for migrating insect herbivores. |
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| spelling | INTA178892024-05-24T13:47:43Z Field bands of marching locust juveniles show carbohydrate, not protein, limitation Cease, Arianne J. Trumper, Eduardo Victor Medina, Héctor Copa Bazán, Fernando Frana, Jorge Harrison, Jon Joaquin, Nelson Learned, Jennifer Roca, Mónica Rojas, Julio E. Talal, Stav Overson, Rick P. Langosta (orthoptera) Nutrición Enjambrazón Caelifera Orthoptera Locusts Nutrition Swarming Movimiento Colectivo Ecología del Movimiento Saltamontes Insectos Herbívoros Collective Movement Movement Ecology Grasshopper Herbivorous Insects Locusts are grasshoppers that migrate en masse and devastate food security, yet little is known about the nutritional needs of marching bands in nature. While it has been hypothesized that protein limitation promotes locust marching behavior, migration is fueled by dietary carbohydrates. We studied South American Locust (Schistocerca cancellata) bands at eight sites across Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Bands ate most frequently from dishes containing carbohydrate artificial diets and minimally from balanced, protein, or control (vitamins and salts) dishes—indicating carbohydrate hunger. This hunger for carbohydrates is likely explained by the observation that local vegetation was generally protein-biased relative to locusts’ preferred protein to carbohydrate ratio. This study highlights the importance of studying the nutritional ecology of animals in their environment and suggests that carbohydrate limitation may be a common pattern for migrating insect herbivores. EEA Manfredi Fil: Cease, Arianne J. Arizona State University. School of Sustainability; Estados Unidos Fil: Trumper, Eduardo Victor. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi; Argentina Fil: Medina, Héctor. Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA); Argentina Fil: Copa Bazán, Fernando. Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno. Instituto de Investigaciones Agrícolas El Vallecito; Bolivia Fil: Frana, Jorge. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina Fil: Harrison, Jon. Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences; Estados Unidos Fil: Joaquin, Nelson. Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Bolivia Fil. Learned, Jennifer. Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project; Estados Unidos Fil. Roca, Mónica. Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA); Argentina Fil: Rojas, Julio E. SENAVE. Departamento de Campañas Fitosanitarias. Dirección de Protección Vegetal; Paraguay Fil: Talal, Stav. Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences; Estados Unidos Fil: Overson, Rick P. Arizona State University. School of Sustainability; Estados Unidos 2024-05-24T13:34:59Z 2024-05-24T13:34:59Z 2023-09-19 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17889 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666515823000185 2666-5158 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cris.2023.100069 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Current Research in Insect Science 4 : 100069 (2023) |
| spellingShingle | Langosta (orthoptera) Nutrición Enjambrazón Caelifera Orthoptera Locusts Nutrition Swarming Movimiento Colectivo Ecología del Movimiento Saltamontes Insectos Herbívoros Collective Movement Movement Ecology Grasshopper Herbivorous Insects Cease, Arianne J. Trumper, Eduardo Victor Medina, Héctor Copa Bazán, Fernando Frana, Jorge Harrison, Jon Joaquin, Nelson Learned, Jennifer Roca, Mónica Rojas, Julio E. Talal, Stav Overson, Rick P. Field bands of marching locust juveniles show carbohydrate, not protein, limitation |
| title | Field bands of marching locust juveniles show carbohydrate, not protein, limitation |
| title_full | Field bands of marching locust juveniles show carbohydrate, not protein, limitation |
| title_fullStr | Field bands of marching locust juveniles show carbohydrate, not protein, limitation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Field bands of marching locust juveniles show carbohydrate, not protein, limitation |
| title_short | Field bands of marching locust juveniles show carbohydrate, not protein, limitation |
| title_sort | field bands of marching locust juveniles show carbohydrate not protein limitation |
| topic | Langosta (orthoptera) Nutrición Enjambrazón Caelifera Orthoptera Locusts Nutrition Swarming Movimiento Colectivo Ecología del Movimiento Saltamontes Insectos Herbívoros Collective Movement Movement Ecology Grasshopper Herbivorous Insects |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17889 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666515823000185 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cris.2023.100069 |
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