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  Ecological EntomologyVolume 32 Issue 2, Pages 229 - 234 Published Online: 30 Jan 2007 Journal compilation © 2010 The Royal Entomological Society
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 110K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  Long-term effects of ungulates on phytophagous insects Copyright 2007 The Authors Journal compilation KEYWORDS Asymmetrical competition •
Erysimum mediohispanicum
• incidental predation • phytophagous insects • population dynamics • ungulate–insect interactions ABSTRACTAbstract. 1. Most plants interact with a diverse suite of herbivores, allowing the opportunity for the existence of positive and negative interactions between highly dissimilar organisms. However, most studies on herbivorous interactions have been performed under the assumption that they occur mainly between similar species. Consequently, ecologists are still far from a full understanding of the ecological factors that determine insect population dynamics. 2. In this study, a 7-year field experiment was conducted that manipulated the presence of ungulates to evaluate their effects on the abundance, attack rate, and survival of four guilds of co-occurring herbivorous insects living on the same host plant: seed predators, stem borers, gall makers and sap suckers. These four guilds differed in habits and behaviour, the first three being sessile and endophytic and the last being free-living. 3. This study shows that the abundance of all four guilds was negatively affected by ungulates. However, the effect on attack rate differed among guilds, as mammals do not affect the seed predator attack rate. Ungulates also differentially affected insect survival, ingesting only seed predators and gall makers. 4. In summary, this study suggests that diverse mechanisms may affect different insect guilds in different ways. Therefore, competition between disparate herbivores appears to be complex and can be provoked by multiple mechanisms. Accepted 14 September 2006 | 
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