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ArticleEcology letters2020

Dynamics of a host-parasitoid interaction clarified by modelling and DNA sequencing.

Marko Mutanen, Otso Ovaskainen, Gergely Várkonyi, Juhani Itämies, Sean W J Prosser, Paul D N Hebert, Ilkka Hanski

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Article in Ecology letters, 2020. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Marko MutanenEcology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu, FI-90014, Finland, Oulu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4464-6308
Otso OvaskainenOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland, Helsinki.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9750-4421
Gergely VárkonyiFriendship Park Research Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, FI-88900, Kuhmo, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7977-2753
Juhani ItämiesKaitoväylä 25 A 6, 90570, Oulu, Finland.
Sean W J ProsserCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
Paul D N HebertCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
Ilkka HanskiDepartment of Biosciences, Metapopulation Research Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
University of Guelph · CAUniversity of Helsinki · FIFinnish Environment Institute · FIUniversity of Oulu · FI

Funding

Academy of Finland 223257Academy of Finland 277984Academy of Finland 284601Academy of Finland 309581Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaJane and Aatos Erkko FoundationNorges Forskningsråd 223257Research Council of Norway
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been hypothesised that the 2-year oscillations in abundance of Xestia moths are mediated by interactions with 1-year Ophion parasitoid wasps. We tested this hypothesis by modelling a 35-year time series of Xestia and Ophion from Northern Finland. Additionally, we used DNA barcoding to ascertain the species diversity of Ophion and targeted amplicon sequencing of their gut contents to confirm their larval hosts. Modelling of the time-series data strongly supported the hypothesised host-parasitoid dynamics and that periodic occurrence of Xestia moths is mediated by Ophion. DNA barcodes revealed that Ophion included five species rather than just one while targeted amplicon sequencing verified that Ophion does parasitise Xestia. At least one Ophion species employs 1-year Syngrapha interrogationis as an alternate host, but it did not detectably affect Xestia-Ophion dynamics. We also demonstrate the previously unrecognised complexity of this system due to cryptic parasitoid diversity.

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MothsWaspsAnimalsFinlandHost-Parasite InteractionsLarvaSequence Analysis, DNADNA barcodingMAPLOphionperiodic occurrencepopulation dynamicsXestia

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PMID32207239
PMCPMC7187309
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