Can interactions among predators alter the natural regulation of an herbivore in a climate change scenario? The case of Tetranychus urticae and its predators in citrus

Climate change can dramatically affect the food web configuration of arthropod communities through its effects on species interactions. We have studied whether these effects could alter the probability of local extinction of three predatory mites naturally associated with the two spotted spider mite...

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Autores principales: Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo, Ibanez, Victoria, Montserrat, Marta, Aguilar-Fenollosa, Ernestina, Jaques, Josep A.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6447
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10340-019-01114-8
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author Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo
Ibanez, Victoria
Montserrat, Marta
Aguilar-Fenollosa, Ernestina
Jaques, Josep A.
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Ibanez, Victoria
Jaques, Josep A.
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Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo
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Ibanez, Victoria
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Aguilar-Fenollosa, Ernestina
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description Climate change can dramatically affect the food web configuration of arthropod communities through its effects on species interactions. We have studied whether these effects could alter the probability of local extinction of three predatory mites naturally associated with the two spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, in citrus in Spain and, therefore, disrupt the biological control of this phytophagous mite. Laboratory and semi-field results provide evidence that the natural regulation of T. urticae in citrus can be seriously disrupted in a warmer future. On the one hand, T. urticae populations at conditions representative of future hotter and drier summers, could reach higher population densities than forecasted according to its demographic parameters. On the other hand, T. urticae regulation provided by its predators depended on the environmental conditions, was species-specific and was affected by interspecific interactions. In some cases, one of the predatory mite species in the system could not be recovered. Because there is evidence that the composition of the community under scrutiny is highly sensitive to local habitat conditions, our results can be taken as evidence that local extinctions may occur more frequently in a warmer future and further contribute to an increasingly higher frequency of T. urticae outbreaks.
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spelling ReDivia64472025-04-25T14:47:07Z Can interactions among predators alter the natural regulation of an herbivore in a climate change scenario? The case of Tetranychus urticae and its predators in citrus Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Ibanez, Victoria Montserrat, Marta Aguilar-Fenollosa, Ernestina Jaques, Josep A. Euseius stipulatus H10 Pests of plants Spider mites Phytoseiulus persimilis Neoseiulus californicus Global warming Food webs Phytoseiidae Biological control Climate change can dramatically affect the food web configuration of arthropod communities through its effects on species interactions. We have studied whether these effects could alter the probability of local extinction of three predatory mites naturally associated with the two spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, in citrus in Spain and, therefore, disrupt the biological control of this phytophagous mite. Laboratory and semi-field results provide evidence that the natural regulation of T. urticae in citrus can be seriously disrupted in a warmer future. On the one hand, T. urticae populations at conditions representative of future hotter and drier summers, could reach higher population densities than forecasted according to its demographic parameters. On the other hand, T. urticae regulation provided by its predators depended on the environmental conditions, was species-specific and was affected by interspecific interactions. In some cases, one of the predatory mite species in the system could not be recovered. Because there is evidence that the composition of the community under scrutiny is highly sensitive to local habitat conditions, our results can be taken as evidence that local extinctions may occur more frequently in a warmer future and further contribute to an increasingly higher frequency of T. urticae outbreaks. 2020-05-15T08:22:53Z 2020-05-15T08:22:53Z 2019 article acceptedVersion Urbaneja-Bernat, P., Ibáñez-Gual, V., Montserrat, M., Aguilar-Fenollosa, E., & Jaques, J. A. (2019). Can interactions among predators alter the natural regulation of an herbivore in a climate change scenario? The case of Tetranychus urticae and its predators in citrus. Journal of Pest Science, 92(3), 1149-1164. 1612-4766 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6447 10.1007/s10340-019-01114-8 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10340-019-01114-8 en Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ Springer electronico
spellingShingle Euseius stipulatus
H10 Pests of plants
Spider mites
Phytoseiulus persimilis
Neoseiulus californicus
Global warming
Food webs
Phytoseiidae
Biological control
Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo
Ibanez, Victoria
Montserrat, Marta
Aguilar-Fenollosa, Ernestina
Jaques, Josep A.
Can interactions among predators alter the natural regulation of an herbivore in a climate change scenario? The case of Tetranychus urticae and its predators in citrus
title Can interactions among predators alter the natural regulation of an herbivore in a climate change scenario? The case of Tetranychus urticae and its predators in citrus
title_full Can interactions among predators alter the natural regulation of an herbivore in a climate change scenario? The case of Tetranychus urticae and its predators in citrus
title_fullStr Can interactions among predators alter the natural regulation of an herbivore in a climate change scenario? The case of Tetranychus urticae and its predators in citrus
title_full_unstemmed Can interactions among predators alter the natural regulation of an herbivore in a climate change scenario? The case of Tetranychus urticae and its predators in citrus
title_short Can interactions among predators alter the natural regulation of an herbivore in a climate change scenario? The case of Tetranychus urticae and its predators in citrus
title_sort can interactions among predators alter the natural regulation of an herbivore in a climate change scenario the case of tetranychus urticae and its predators in citrus
topic Euseius stipulatus
H10 Pests of plants
Spider mites
Phytoseiulus persimilis
Neoseiulus californicus
Global warming
Food webs
Phytoseiidae
Biological control
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6447
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10340-019-01114-8
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