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dc.contributor.authorWilson, J Keaton
dc.contributor.authorRuiz, Laura
dc.contributor.authorDavidowitz, Goggy
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-05T00:19:00Z
dc.date.available2020-09-05T00:19:00Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-21
dc.identifier.citationWilson JK, Ruiz L, Davidowitz G. 2020. Within-host competition drives energy allocation trade-offs in an insect parasitoid. PeerJ 8:e8810 DOI 10.7717/peerj.8810en_US
dc.identifier.issn2167-8359
dc.identifier.pmid32341889
dc.identifier.doi10.7717/peerj.8810
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/642576
dc.description.abstractOrganismal body size is an important biological trait that has broad impacts across scales of biological organization, from cells to ecosystems. Size is also deeply embedded in life history theory, as the size of an individual is one factor that governs the amount of available resources an individual is able to allocate to different structures and systems. A large body of work examining resource allocation across body sizes (allometry) has demonstrated patterns of allocation to different organismal systems and morphologies, and extrapolated rules governing biological structure and organization. However, the full scope of evolutionary and ecological ramifications of these patterns have yet to be realized. Here, we show that density-dependent larval competition in a natural population of insect parasitoids (Drino rhoeo: Tachinidae) results in a wide range of body sizes (largest flies are more than six times larger (by mass) than the smallest flies). We describe strong patterns of trade-offs between different body structures linked to dispersal and reproduction that point to life history strategies that differ between both males and females and individuals of different sizes. By better understanding the mechanisms that generate natural variation in body size and subsequent effects on the evolution of life history strategies, we gain better insight into the evolutionary and ecological impacts of insect parasitoids in tri-trophic systems.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPEERJ INCen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2020 Wilson et al. Distributed under Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectallometryen_US
dc.subjectCompetitionen_US
dc.subjectLife-historyen_US
dc.subjectManducaen_US
dc.subjectparasitoidsen_US
dc.subjectTachinidaeen_US
dc.subjecttrade-offsen_US
dc.titleWithin-host competition drives energy allocation trade-offs in an insect parasitoiden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniv Arizona, Dept Entomolen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniv Arizona, Dept Neuroscien_US
dc.identifier.journalPEERJen_US
dc.description.noteOpen access journalen_US
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dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.source.journaltitlePeerJ
dc.source.volume8
dc.source.beginpagee8810
dc.source.endpage
refterms.dateFOA2020-09-05T00:19:01Z
dc.source.countryUnited States


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