NDLI: Phenotypic variation in invasive and biocontrol populations of the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis

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Author	Lombaert, Eric Malausa, Thibaut Devred, Rémi Estoup, Arnaud
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Despite numerous releases for biological control purposes during more than 20 years in Europe, Harmonia axyridis failed to become established until the beginning of the 21st century. Its status as invasive alien species is now widely recognised. Theory suggests that invasive populations should evolve toward greater phenotypic plasticity because they encounter differing environments during the invasion process. On the contrary, populations used for biological control have been maintained under artificial rearing conditions for many generations; they are hence expected to become specialised on a narrow range of environments and show lower phenotypic plasticity. Here we compared phenotypic traits and the extent of adaptive phenotypic plasticity in two invasive populations and two populations commercialized for biological control by (i) measuring six phenotypic traits related to fitness (eggs hatching rate, larval survival rate, development time, sex ratio, fecundity over 6 weeks and survival time of starving adults) at three temperatures (18, 24 and 30°C), (ii) recording the survival rate and quiescence aggregation behaviour when exposed to low temperatures (5, 10 and 15°C), and (iii) studying the cannibalistic behaviour of populations in the absence of food. Invasive and biocontrol populations displayed significantly different responses to temperature variation for a composite fitness index computed from the traits measured at 18, 24 and 30°C, but not for any of those traits considered independently. The plasticity measured on the same fitness index was higher in the two invasive populations, but this difference was not statistically significant. On the other hand, invasive populations displayed significantly higher survival and higher phenotypic plasticity when entering into quiescence at low temperatures. In addition, one invasive population displayed a singular cannibalistic behaviour. Our results hence only partly support the expectation of increased adaptive phenotypic plasticity of European invasive populations of H. axyridis, and stress the importance of the choice of the environmental parameters to be manipulated for assessing phenotypic plasticity variation among populations.
Starting Page	89
Ending Page	102
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13866141
Journal	BioControl
Volume Number	53
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15738248
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2007-11-07
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Adaptive phenotypic plasticity Alien species Biological control Harmonia axyridis Biological invasion Entomology Plant Pathology Agriculture Animal Ecology Animal Biochemistry Behavioural Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Insect Science Agronomy and Crop Science

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