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ArticleRoyal Society open science2016

Co-occurrence of ecologically equivalent cryptic species of spider wasps.

Hiroaki Kurushima, Jin Yoshimura, Jeong-Kyu Kim, Jong-Kuk Kim, Yutaka Nishimoto, Katsuhiko Sayama, Manabu Kato, Kenta Watanabe, Eisuke Hasegawa, Derek A Roff and 1 more

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Hiroaki KurushimaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering , Tokyo Metropolitan University , Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397 , Japan.
Jin YoshimuraGraduate School of Science and Technology, and Department of Mathematical and Systems Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu 432-8561, Japan; Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA; Marine Biosystems Research Center, Chiba University, Kamogawa, Chiba 299-5502, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1610-1386
Jeong-Kyu KimBureau of Ecological Research , National Institute of Ecology , Seocheon, Chungcheongnam, 33657 , Republic of Korea.
Jong-Kuk KimDepartment of Forest Environment Protection, College of Forest and Environmental Sciences , Kangwon National University , Chuncheon, Kangwon 24341 , Republic of Korea.
Yutaka Nishimoto10-1 Oharano-Taniue, Takarazuka, Hyogo 669-1211 , Japan.
Katsuhiko SayamaHokkaido Research Center , Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute , Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8516 , Japan.
Manabu Kato2-2-B205 Hirafuku, Tsuyama, Okayama 708-0872 , Japan.
Kenta WatanabeScience and Technology Division, Okinawa College, National Institute of Technology, Nago, Okinawa 905-2192, Japan; Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
Eisuke HasegawaLaboratory of Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology and Systematics, Graduate School of Agriculture , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-8589 , Japan.
Derek A RoffDepartment of Biology , University of California , Riverside, CA 92521 , USA.
Akira ShimizuDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering , Tokyo Metropolitan University , Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397 , Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many cryptic species have been discovered in various taxonomic groups based on molecular phylogenetic analyses and mating experiments. Some sympatric cryptic species share equivalent resources, which contradicts the competitive exclusion principle. Two major theories have been proposed to explain the apparent lack of competitive exclusion, i.e. niche-based coexistence and neutral model, but a conclusive explanation is lacking. Here, we report the co-occurrence of cryptic spider wasp species appearing to be ecologically equivalent. Molecular phylogenetic analyses and mating experiments revealed that three phylogenetically closely related species are found sympatrically in Japan. These species share the same resources for larval food, and two of the species have the same niche for nesting sites, indicating a lack of competitive exclusion. This evidence may suggest that ecologically equivalent species can co-occur stably if their shared resources are sufficiently abundant that they cannot be over-exploited.

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coexistencecompetitive exclusion principlecryptic speciesreproductive isolationsympatric species

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