Competitive interactions in insect parasitoids: effects of microbial symbionts across tritrophic levels
Competition for hosts is a common ecological interaction in insect parasitoids. In the recent years, it has become increasingly evident that microorganisms can act as ‘hidden players’ in parasitoid ecology. In this review, we propose that parasitoid competition should take into consideration the mic...
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| author | Pekas, Apostolos Tena, Alejandro Peri, Ezio Colazza, Stefano Cusumano, Antonino |
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| description | Competition for hosts is a common ecological interaction in insect parasitoids. In the recent years, it has become increasingly evident that microorganisms can act as ‘hidden players’ in parasitoid ecology. In this review, we propose that parasitoid competition should take into consideration the microbial influence. In particular, we take a tritrophic perspective and discuss how parasitoid competition can be modulated by microorganisms associated with the parasitoids, their herbivore hosts, or the plants attacked by the herbivores. Although research is still in its infancy, recent studies have shown that microbial symbionts can modulate the contest outcome. The emerging pattern is that microorganisms not only affect the competitive traits of parasitoids but also the fighting arena (i.e. the herbivore host and its food plant), in which competition takes place. We have also identified important gaps in the literature that should be addressed in future studies to advance our understanding about parasitoid competition. |
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| spelling | ReDivia85482025-04-25T14:49:05Z Competitive interactions in insect parasitoids: effects of microbial symbionts across tritrophic levels Pekas, Apostolos Tena, Alejandro Peri, Ezio Colazza, Stefano Cusumano, Antonino Microbial influence Parasitoids ecology H10 Pests of plants F40 Plant ecology H20 Plant diseases U40 Surveying methods Parasitoids Biological competition Hosts Microorganisms Biological interaction Plant pests Competition for hosts is a common ecological interaction in insect parasitoids. In the recent years, it has become increasingly evident that microorganisms can act as ‘hidden players’ in parasitoid ecology. In this review, we propose that parasitoid competition should take into consideration the microbial influence. In particular, we take a tritrophic perspective and discuss how parasitoid competition can be modulated by microorganisms associated with the parasitoids, their herbivore hosts, or the plants attacked by the herbivores. Although research is still in its infancy, recent studies have shown that microbial symbionts can modulate the contest outcome. The emerging pattern is that microorganisms not only affect the competitive traits of parasitoids but also the fighting arena (i.e. the herbivore host and its food plant), in which competition takes place. We have also identified important gaps in the literature that should be addressed in future studies to advance our understanding about parasitoid competition. 2023-03-03T11:04:04Z 2023-03-03T11:04:04Z 2023 article acceptedVersion Pekas, A., Tena, A., Ezio, P., Stefano, C. & Cusumano, A. (2023). Competitive interactions in insect parasitoids: effects of microbial symbionts across tri-trophic levels. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 55, 101001. 2214-5745 (print ISSN) 2214-5753 (online ISSN) https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8548 10.1016/j.cois.2022.101001 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214574522001365#ab0015 en Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ openAccess Elsevier electronico |
| spellingShingle | Microbial influence Parasitoids ecology H10 Pests of plants F40 Plant ecology H20 Plant diseases U40 Surveying methods Parasitoids Biological competition Hosts Microorganisms Biological interaction Plant pests Pekas, Apostolos Tena, Alejandro Peri, Ezio Colazza, Stefano Cusumano, Antonino Competitive interactions in insect parasitoids: effects of microbial symbionts across tritrophic levels |
| title | Competitive interactions in insect parasitoids: effects of microbial symbionts across tritrophic levels |
| title_full | Competitive interactions in insect parasitoids: effects of microbial symbionts across tritrophic levels |
| title_fullStr | Competitive interactions in insect parasitoids: effects of microbial symbionts across tritrophic levels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Competitive interactions in insect parasitoids: effects of microbial symbionts across tritrophic levels |
| title_short | Competitive interactions in insect parasitoids: effects of microbial symbionts across tritrophic levels |
| title_sort | competitive interactions in insect parasitoids effects of microbial symbionts across tritrophic levels |
| topic | Microbial influence Parasitoids ecology H10 Pests of plants F40 Plant ecology H20 Plant diseases U40 Surveying methods Parasitoids Biological competition Hosts Microorganisms Biological interaction Plant pests |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8548 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214574522001365#ab0015 |
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