NDLI: An introduced species helping another: dispersal of a rose seed infesting wasp by a marsupial in New Zealand

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Author	Rouco, Carlos rbury, Grant
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	There is little field evidence of fruit-infesting insect species surviving passage through the digestive tract of frugivorous mammal species. In this study, we collected brushtail possum faecal pellets from the wild and demonstrated emergence of adult torymid wasps from Rosa seed without removing the seeds from the pellets. Nineteen percent of possum dung pellets were infested by adult wasps, and a large proportion (85 %) of wasps survived. Survival to emergence was high considering that gut passage time in possums averages 50 h. This period potentially allows greater dispersal distances of wasps than would occur naturally by their own means. This plant–insect-disperser triad was studied in New Zealand where all three species were introduced and did not co-evolve. An exaptation process might have occurred since introduction of these species 150–180 years ago.
Starting Page	1649
Ending Page	1652
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13873547
Journal	Biological Invasions
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	8
e-ISSN	15731464
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-01-22
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Insect seed predation Megastigmus aculeatus Plant–insect–mammal interaction Rosa rubiginosa Trichosurus vulpecula Ecology Freshwater & Marine Ecology Plant Sciences Developmental Biology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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