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Pietrantuono, Ana Laura
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Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto
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Fernandez Arhex, Valeria Cristina
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2019-07-02T19:03:58Z
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2017-06-13
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Pietrantuono, Ana Laura; Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto; Fernandez Arhex, Valeria Cristina; The role of leaf cellulose content in determining host plantpreferences of three defoliating insects present in theAndean-Patagonian forest; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Austral Ecology; 42; 4; 13-6-2017; 433-441
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1442-9985
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http://hdl.handle.net/11336/79029
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Phytophagous insects choose their feeding resources according to their own requirements in addition to properties of the host plants, such as biomechanical defences. The feeding preferences of the native folivorous insects of the Andean-Patagonian forest (Argentina) have rarely been studied. These environments present a wide diversity and abundance of insects associated with trees of the Nothofagus and Lophozonia (Nothofagaceae) genera, which represent the main tree species of the forests of the southern hemisphere. In particular, Lophozonia alpina and Lophozonia obliqua are of great interest because they have a wide distribution, a high capacity for hybridization and exhibit great phenotypic plasticity. This versatility causes substantial variation in the biomechanical properties of leaves, affecting the feeding preferences of insects. The purpose of this work was to study the food selection behaviour of three leaf-chewing insects (Polydrusus nothofagii, Polydrusus roseaus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Perzelia arda (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)) associated with L. alpina and L. obliqua as host plants. Based on their choices, our aim was to determine a preference scale for each insect species and the variables on which these preferences were based. Therefore, we selected trees of L. alpina and L. obliqua, measured several properties such as cellulose content and recorded which leaves were eaten. As a result, we determined that the three species of insects feed on both host plants but prefer the leaves of L. obliqua, with cellulose content being the main determining factor for their decisions. However, in the case of P. arda, there was a positive relationship between cellulose and host plant preference, whereas there was an opposite relationship for the weevils. We conclude that during feeding selection, there are some properties of the leaves that have a more important role than others and that the same property does not exert the same behavioural response in all folivorous insects.
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application/pdf
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eng
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Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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Bayesian Analysis
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Biomechanical Properties
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Feeding Preferences
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Native Forest
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Phytophagous
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Thurstone Scale
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Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, Etología
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Ciencias Biológicas
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CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
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The role of leaf cellulose content in determining host plantpreferences of three defoliating insects present in theAndean-Patagonian forest
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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2019-06-11T15:07:17Z
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42
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4
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433-441
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Reino Unido
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Londres
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Fil: Pietrantuono, Ana Laura. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina
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Fil: Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina
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Fil: Fernandez Arhex, Valeria Cristina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina
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Austral Ecology
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aec.12460/abstract
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12460
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