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ArticlePloS one2014

Predator-prey interactions between shell-boring beetle larvae and rock-dwelling land snails.

Els Baalbergen, Renate Helwerda, Rense Schelfhorst, Ruth F Castillo Cajas, Coline H M van Moorsel, Robin Kundrata, Francisco W Welter-Schultes, Sinos Giokas, Menno Schilthuizen

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Els BaalbergenFocus Group Character Evolution, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Renate HelwerdaFocus Group Character Evolution, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Rense SchelfhorstFocus Group Character Evolution, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Ruth F Castillo CajasCentre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Coline H M van MoorselSt Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands; Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Robin KundrataDepartment of Zoology, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Francisco W Welter-SchultesZoologisches Institut der Universität, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Sinos GiokasDepartment of Biology, University of Patras, Rio (Patras), Greece.
Menno SchilthuizenFocus Group Character Evolution, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center · NLLeiden University · NLPalacký University Olomouc · CZUniversity of Göttingen · DEUniversity of Patras · GRUniversity of Würzburg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drilus beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) are specialized predators of land snails. Here, we describe various aspects of the predator-prey interactions between multiple Drilus species attacking multiple Albinaria (Gastropoda: Clausiliidae) species in Greece. We observe that Drilus species may be facultative or obligate Albinaria-specialists. We map geographically varying predation rates in Crete, where on average 24% of empty shells carry fatal Drilus bore holes. We also provide first-hand observations and video-footage of prey entry and exit strategies of the Drilus larvae, and evaluate the potential mutual evolutionary impacts. We find limited evidence for an effect of shell features and snail behavioral traits on inter- and intra-specifically differing predation rates. We also find that Drilus predators adjust their predation behavior based on specific shell traits of the prey. In conclusion, we suggest that, with these baseline data, this interesting predator-prey system will be available for further, detailed more evolutionary ecology studies.

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ColeopteraPredatory BehaviorSnailsAnimalsBiodiversityEvolution, MolecularGreeceLarva

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PMID24964101
PMCPMC4070943
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