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Title:		An apparent trade-off between direct and signal-based induced indirect defence against herbivores in willow trees
Author(s):		Yoneya K; Uefune M; Takabayashi J;
Address:		"Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Shiga, Japan"
Journal Title:		PLoS One
Year:		2012
Volume:		20121212
Issue:		12
Page Number:		e51505 -
DOI:		10.1371/journal.pone.0051505
ISSN/ISBN:		1932-6203 (Electronic) 1932-6203 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Signal-based induced indirect defence refers to herbivore-induced production of plant volatiles that attract carnivorous natural enemies of herbivores. Relationships between direct and indirect defence strategies were studied using tritrophic systems consisting of six sympatric willow species, willow leaf beetles (Plagiodera versicolora), and their natural predators, ladybeetles (Aiolocaria hexaspilota). Relative preferences of ladybeetles for prey-infested willow plant volatiles, indicating levels of signal-based induced indirect defence, were positively correlated with the vulnerability of willow species to leaf beetles, assigned as relative levels of direct defence. This correlation suggested a possible trade-off among the species, in terms of resource limitation between direct defence and signal-based induced indirect defence. However, analyses of volatiles from infested and uninfested plants showed that the specificity of infested volatile blends (an important factor determining the costs of signal-based induced indirect defence) did not affect the attractiveness of infested plant volatiles. Thus, the suggested trade-off in resource limitation was unlikely. Rather, principal coordinates analysis showed that this 'apparent trade-off' between direct and signal-based induced indirect defence was partially explained by differential preferences of ladybeetles to infested plant volatiles of the six willow species. We also showed that relative preferences of ladybeetles for prey-infested willow plant volatiles were positively correlated with oviposition preferences of leaf beetles and with the distributions of leaf beetles in the field. These correlations suggest that ladybeetles use the specificity of infested willow plant volatiles to find suitable prey patches"
Keywords:		Animals Choice Behavior/physiology Coleoptera/*physiology Female Herbivory/*physiology Oviposition/physiology Principal Component Analysis Salix/*immunology/*parasitology *Signal Transduction Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis;
Notes:		"MedlineYoneya, Kinuyo Uefune, Masayoshi Takabayashi, Junji eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2012/12/20 PLoS One. 2012; 7(12):e51505. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051505. Epub 2012 Dec 12"