FRINK Linked Data Fragments server

Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W3150872545> ?p ?o ?g. }

• W3150872545 abstract "Frugivorous insects, specialised herbivores that consume fruit and seeds, are considered detrimental to host plant fitness. Their direct link to genetic fitness via consumption of plant reproductive tissue, and their negative socioeconomic association with agriculture exacerbates their harmful status. However, empirical testing of insect frugivore effects on host plants, and ecological research on the contribution of insect frugivores to multitrophic frugivory systems, is lacking. In the current study, direct effects of a non-mutualistic, insect frugivore/host plant system were tested and results showed variable effects. Beneficial, detrimental, but predominantly neutral effects on germination and seed production were observed between the Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni) and tomato and capsicum plants. Significant effects on seed production were unexpected because infestation occurs after seed set. It was also found that eggplant, although a recorded host of B. tryoni, is inconsistent in its ability to sustain B. tryoni larvae through to its final instar. These results confirmed a simplification and presumption associated with insect frugivore (specifically fruit fly)/host plant interactions. Larval movement, infestation-induced fruit decay, pulp removal and germination were then investigated. For all hosts (tomato, apple and paw paw), treatments infested by B. tryoni decayed significantly quicker and to a greater extent than uninfested treatments, with obvious but variable changes to the texture and appearance. The movement of B. tryoni larvae, pattern of infestation-induced decay and pulp removal was unique and host dependent for all hosts. Only seeds from infested tomato were shown to germinate during the experiment. This indicated that host fruit characteristics are responsible, in part, for variable direct effects on host plant fitness by insect frugivores. Variable direct effects between insect frugivores and host plants, combined with the more rapid decay of infested fruits is likely to have implications for seed dispersal and seed predation by a third trophic level. The characteristics of fruit that are changed by infestation by an insect frugivore were then tested for their effect on a vertebrate frugivore, to illustrate the importance of recognising multitrophic interactions and indirect effects in frugivory. Specifically, seed predating rodents were incorporated into the study and their response to infested and uninfested fruits were recorded, as well as their reaction to the changes in fruit caused by insect frugivores (i.e. texture," @default.
• W3150872545 created "2021-04-13" @default.
• W3150872545 creator A5030692924 @default.
• W3150872545 creator A5052119862 @default.
• W3150872545 date "2009-01-01" @default.
• W3150872545 modified "2023-09-27" @default.
• W3150872545 title "Insect frugivore interactions: the potential for beneficial and neutral effects on host plants" @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1009333059 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W11342360 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W123368459 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1488054175 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1492920176 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1558605404 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1581830689 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1590067409 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W168947785 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1825954748 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1860375537 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1891857422 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1963755549 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1964369304 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1966287916 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1967780922 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1970565990 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1971772947 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1977033849 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1987187051 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1990151103 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1991938375 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1993503890 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1995246253 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1997163972 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1999047637 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W1999792747 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2004638763 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2005070340 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2005169961 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2005820963 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2006885589 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2009259083 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2009416604 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2010955222 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2013208037 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2013745319 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2014340127 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2017819052 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2025440911 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2025768995 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2027068947 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2027211213 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2027398320 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2028017361 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2029894290 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2031067246 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2031512632 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2038645562 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2042570348 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2042576240 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2042942295 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2043331140 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2044030423 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2045291252 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2045553377 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2046688731 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2048853534 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2050122469 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2050927469 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2052156793 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2055960325 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2056404821 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2058647257 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2061777392 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2063029618 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2063510074 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2065006763 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2065938192 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2066631029 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2072793434 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2075731315 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2077682604 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2079868654 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2081148895 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2083627544 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2084977209 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2086319424 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2087702845 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2089503403 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2091275472 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2092298288 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2093325054 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2096177234 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2096952029 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2097203966 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2097518385 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2101750517 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2105237713 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2107018100 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2107763376 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2111597909 @default.
• W3150872545 cites W2114409045 @default.

• next