Kin recognition and cannibalism among predaceous mites.
Abstract
Based on kin selection theory, I study kin recognition and how it affects cannibalism in predaceous mites. Study animal is the specialist predator Phytoseiulus persimilis, which is a natural enemy of herbivorous spider mites. I pursue seven major questions: (1)What life stages are able to recognize kin? (2) What is the smallest degree of relatedness at which kin recognition functions? (3) Do cannibals become less discriminating as they become hungrier? (4) Does cannibalism on non-kin occur despite the presence of other potential food? (5) What is the role of cuticular hydrocarbons in kin recognition? (6) How and at what stage during ontogeny do P. persimilis learn to recognize kin? (7) Is species recognition a by-product of kin recognition?
keywords acarology entomology
Publikationen
Ontogenetic isolation favours sibling cannibalism in mites
Autoren: Schausberger, P. Jahr: 2004
Journal articles
Book Review on "Mites of Greenhouses; Identification, Biology and Control." (author Z.-Q. Zhang). CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK. 2003, 240 pp. H/B, ISBN 0 85199 590 X
Autoren: Schausberger, P. Jahr: 2003
Journal articles
Key factors of cannibalism among phytoseiid mites.
Autoren: Schausberger, P. Jahr: 2002
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Rearing condition affects sibling cannibalism in the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis
Autoren: Schausberger, P. Jahr: 2004
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Phytoseiid Life Styles - On the Occasion of Brian A. Croft's Retirement. Experimental and Applied Acarology
Autoren: Schausberger, P. (ed.) Jahr: 2004
Editorial
The predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis manipulates imprinting among offspring through egg placement
Autoren: Schausberger, P. Jahr: 2005
Journal articles
Kin recognition in the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis: a precedent for the use of multiple mechanisms
Autoren: Schausberger, P. Jahr: 2006
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Kin recognition by juvenile predatory mites: prior association or phenotype matching?
Autoren: Schausberger, P. Jahr: 2007
Journal articles
Non-consumptive effects of predatory mites on thrips and its host plant
Autoren: Walzer, A. & Schausberger, P. Jahr: 2009
Journal articles
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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University of Amsterdam, IBED, The Netherlands
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