Environmental influence and species occurrence of yellowjacket drones in an invaded area
During the mating season, reproductive individuals of numerous insect species gather in rendezvous areas, which increases mating opportunities. Male hymenopterans often have to move considerable distances during a particular season, searching or waiting for receptive females. Such behavior is likely...
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| author | Porrino, Agustina Paula Masciocchi, Maite Martinez Von Ellrich, Andres |
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| description | During the mating season, reproductive individuals of numerous insect species gather in rendezvous areas, which increases mating opportunities. Male hymenopterans often have to move considerable distances during a particular season, searching or waiting for receptive females. Such behavior is likely driven by a complex combination of individual and species-specific traits, environmental influence, and landscape cues. Our field study aimed to determine factors affecting the occurrence of Vespula spp. drones, focusing on the influence of vegetation traits, atmospheric factors and diel effects, and the species occurrence proportion in an invaded area in Patagonia. Our results indicate that the probability of drone presence over different types of vegetation is affected both by plant species and height. Also, weather and time of day influence the number of individuals simultaneously gathering, as higher abundances of flying drones are found in early hours, warmer days and at low cloud cover. Lastly, through mid-flight drone captures, we determined that both V. germanica and V. vulgaris drones are found concurrently in the same rendezvous areas. This constitutes the first exploratory field study reporting the heterospecific occurrence of Vespula spp. drones and overall, our results contribute to the understanding of yellowjackets mating systems. |
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| spelling | INTA212492025-02-13T13:34:03Z Environmental influence and species occurrence of yellowjacket drones in an invaded area Porrino, Agustina Paula Masciocchi, Maite Martinez Von Ellrich, Andres Vespidae Vespula germanica Environment Environmental Factors Mating Systems Medio Ambiente Factores Ambientales Sistemas de Apareamiento Avispa Chaqueta Amarilla Yellowjacket During the mating season, reproductive individuals of numerous insect species gather in rendezvous areas, which increases mating opportunities. Male hymenopterans often have to move considerable distances during a particular season, searching or waiting for receptive females. Such behavior is likely driven by a complex combination of individual and species-specific traits, environmental influence, and landscape cues. Our field study aimed to determine factors affecting the occurrence of Vespula spp. drones, focusing on the influence of vegetation traits, atmospheric factors and diel effects, and the species occurrence proportion in an invaded area in Patagonia. Our results indicate that the probability of drone presence over different types of vegetation is affected both by plant species and height. Also, weather and time of day influence the number of individuals simultaneously gathering, as higher abundances of flying drones are found in early hours, warmer days and at low cloud cover. Lastly, through mid-flight drone captures, we determined that both V. germanica and V. vulgaris drones are found concurrently in the same rendezvous areas. This constitutes the first exploratory field study reporting the heterospecific occurrence of Vespula spp. drones and overall, our results contribute to the understanding of yellowjackets mating systems. EEA Bariloche Fil: Porrino, Agustina Paula. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Porrino, Agustina Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Masciocchi, Maite. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Masciocchi, Maite. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Martinez, Andres. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Martinez, Andres. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB). Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina 2025-02-13T13:24:46Z 2025-02-13T13:24:46Z 2025-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21249 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-85851-0 2045-2322 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-85851-0 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PD-E4-I079-001, Genética, genómica y ecología de insectos de importancia agronómica como insumo para el desarrollo de estrategias sustentables de control plagas 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 Springer Nature Scientific Reports 15 : Article number: 2073. (January 2025) |
| spellingShingle | Vespidae Vespula germanica Environment Environmental Factors Mating Systems Medio Ambiente Factores Ambientales Sistemas de Apareamiento Avispa Chaqueta Amarilla Yellowjacket Porrino, Agustina Paula Masciocchi, Maite Martinez Von Ellrich, Andres Environmental influence and species occurrence of yellowjacket drones in an invaded area |
| title | Environmental influence and species occurrence of yellowjacket drones in an invaded area |
| title_full | Environmental influence and species occurrence of yellowjacket drones in an invaded area |
| title_fullStr | Environmental influence and species occurrence of yellowjacket drones in an invaded area |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental influence and species occurrence of yellowjacket drones in an invaded area |
| title_short | Environmental influence and species occurrence of yellowjacket drones in an invaded area |
| title_sort | environmental influence and species occurrence of yellowjacket drones in an invaded area |
| topic | Vespidae Vespula germanica Environment Environmental Factors Mating Systems Medio Ambiente Factores Ambientales Sistemas de Apareamiento Avispa Chaqueta Amarilla Yellowjacket |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21249 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-85851-0 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-85851-0 |
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