Species and interaction diversity in plants and phytophagous insects

• Grant number: 98/05085-2
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Thomas Michael Lewinsohn
• Grantee: Thomas Michael Lewinsohn
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Jose Roberto Trigo
• Associated scholarship(s): 03/02548-1 - Effect of the degradation of habitat on community patterns and properties of trophic networks between plants and phytophage insects, BP.DR; 01/08619-2 - Biogeography of the interactions between Asteraceae and the endophagous insects of their capitula in cerrados of São Paulo, BP.PD; 01/00851-3 - Effect of the availability of water and nutrients in a system with three trophic levels, BP.MS; + associated scholarships 01/00852-0 - Abundance of capitula, flowering times and taxonomic isolation are decisive factors in the local wealth of endophagous insects of capitula?, BP.MS; 99/05493-6 - Dynamic and genetic structure of populations of Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae), BP.PD; 99/06176-4 - Genetic variability in Tomoplagia minuta and T. reimoseri (Diptera: Tephritidae), BP.IC; 99/05829-4 - Diversity of the bacterial flora of Tomoplagia minuta and Tomoplagia reinoseri (Diptera, Tephritidae), BP.MS; 99/05205-0 - Diversity of interactions in trophic systems of plants and phytophages, BP.PD; 99/05206-7 - Geographical mosaics, host specializations and the diversity of interactions between plants and insects, BP.PD - associated scholarships

Abstract

This project proposes to expand the inventory of a model system to allow the development and testing of descriptive and predictive models for the structure of biological diversity and its response to different factors. We intend to investigate components of ecological communities chosen on a functional and structural basis. In this way, it should be feasible to ascertain more directly the relationship of biological diversity to its historical and functional determinants. We also expect to produce effective methods to parameterise biological diversity with regard to environment-altering processes, as a tool to monitor ecological effects of environmental change, to priorize conservation areas, and so forth. The model system for this project are the Compositae (Asteraceae) and their associated phytophagous insects. Based on previous experience, we intend to inventory systematically the host association of different phytophagous groups (especially Lepidoptera and Diptera) and if possible their parasitoids, with Asteraceae in different habitats and areas with various degrees and kinds of disturbance. We will prioritise cerrado areas, due to the interest in conservation of cerrado and extensive pre-existing information. Other areas to be prioritised include highland meadows in mountain ranges (Serra do Mar, Mantiqueira, and Espinhaço) and bogs in various biomes. We will also prioritise invading and ruderal species in agroecosystems and disturbed habitats. Field work will be essentially carried out throughout the State of São Paulo and neighboring states. The objectives of this study include: to investigate the structure of biological diversity in subsets of natural communities composed of plants and their associated phytophagous insects and natural enemies; to develop methods to separate total biological diversity in components of different spatial, temporal and structural scales; to correlate diversity in these systems with that of other taxa or community subunits; to investigate the structure of species interactions in these model systems by applying existing analyses and theory or by developing new approaches; to investigate the contribution of genetical, phylogenetic, chemical and ecological factors in determining species diversity or interaction diversity and its variation on different. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

JORGE, LEONARDO R.; PRADO, PAULO I.; ALMEIDA-NETO, MARIO; LEWINSOHN, THOMAS M.. An integrated framework to improve the concept of resource specialisation. ECOLOGY LETTERS, v. 17, n. 11, p. 1341-1350, NOV 2014. (98/05085-2)

ALMEIDA-NETO, MARIO; PRADO, PAULO I.; LEWINSOHN, THOMAS M.. Phytophagous insect fauna tracks host plant responses to exotic grass invasion. Oecologia, v. 165, n. 4, p. 1051-1062, APR 2011. (98/05085-2)

DIAS, ANDRE T. C.; TRIGO, JOSE ROBERTO; LEWINSOHN, THOMAS M.. Bottom-up effects on a plant-endophage-parasitoid system: The role of flower-head size and chemistry. AUSTRAL ECOLOGY, v. 35, n. 1, p. 104-115, FEB 2010. (98/05085-2)

ALMEIDA-NETO, MARIO; PRADO, PAULO I.; KUBOTA, UMBERTO; BARIANI, JOICE M.; AGUIRRE, GUILHERME H.; LEWINSOHN, THOMAS M.. Invasive grasses and native Asteraceae in the Brazilian Cerrado. PLANT ECOLOGY, v. 209, n. 1, p. 109-122, JUL 2010. (98/05085-2)

LEWINSOHN, THOMAS M.; FREITAS, ANDRÉ VICTOR LUCCI; PRADO, PAULO INÁCIO. Conservation of terrestrial invertebrates and their habitats in Brazil. Conservation Biology, v. 19, n. 3, p. 640-645, June 2005. (02/08558-6, 98/05085-2, 98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

ALMEIDA, ADRIANA M.; PRADO, PAULO I.; LEWINSOHN, THOMAS M.. Geographical distribution of Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) in South-eastern and South Brazilian Mountain Ranges. Plant Ecology, v. 174, n. 1, p. 163-181, May 2004. (98/05085-2)

TRIGO, JOSÉ ROBERTO; LEAL, INARA ROBERTA; MATZENBACHER, NELSON IVO; LEWINSOHN, THOMAS MICHAEL. Chemotaxonomic value of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in southern Brazil Senecio (Senecioneae: Asteraceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, v. 31, n. 9, p. 1011-1022, Sept. 2003. (98/05085-2)

ABREU‚ A.G.; PRADO‚ P.I.; NORRBOM‚ A.L.; SOLFERINI‚ V.N.. Genetic and morphological diagnosis and description of two cryptic species of flower head-infesting Tephritidae (Diptera). Insect Systematics and Evolution, v. 36, n. 4, p. 361-370, 2005. (98/05085-2)

SEMIR‚ J.; JESUS‚ F.F.. A New Species of Minasia (Asteraceae‚ Vernonieae) from the Planalto de Diamantina‚ Minas Gerais‚ Brazil. NOVON, p. 233-235, 2004. (98/05085-2)

GROMBONE-GUARATINI‚ M.T.; SEMIR‚ J.; SOLFERINI‚ V.N.. Low allozymic variation in the Bidens pilosa L. complex (Asteraceae). BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS, v. 43, n. 7, p. 335-345, 2005. (98/05085-2, 99/05493-6)

LEWINSOHN‚ T.M.; NOVOTNY‚ V.; BASSET‚ Y.. Insects on plants: diversity of herbivore assemblages revisited. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics, p. 597-620, 2005. (98/05085-2)

ABREU, A. G.; SOLFERINI, V. N.. Genetic population structure and hybridization in two sibling species, Tomoplagia reticulata and Tomoplagia pallens (Diptera: Tephritidae). Genetics and Molecular Research, v. 7, n. 4, p. 1298-1311, 2008. (98/05085-2)

RAIMUNDO‚ R.L.G.; FONSECA‚ R.L.; SCHACHETTI-PEREIRA‚ R.; TOWNSEND PETERSON‚ A.; LEWINSOHN‚ T.M.. Native and exotic distributions of siamweed (Chromolaena odorata) modeled using the genetic algorithm for rule-set production. WEED SCIENCE, v. 55, n. 1, p. 41-48, 2007. (98/05085-2)

NASCIMENTO, ANDRE R.; ALMEIDA-NETO, MARIO; ALMEIDA, ADRIANA M.; FONSECA, CARLOS R.; LEWINSOHN, THOMAS M.; PENTEADO-DIAS, ANGELICA. Disentangling the influence of plants and herbivores on the local diversity of parasitoids in the Brazilian Cerrado. Insect Conservation and Diversity, v. 8, n. 4, p. 313-321, JUL 2015. (98/05085-2)

NASCIMENTO, A. R.; ALMEIDA-NETO, M.; ALMEIDA, A. M.; FONSECA, C. R.; LEWINSOHN, T. M.; PENTEADO-DIAS, A. M.. Parasitoid Wasps in Flower Heads of Asteraceae in the Brazilian Cerrado: Taxonomical Composition and Determinants of Diversity. Neotropical Entomology, v. 43, n. 4, p. 298-306, AUG 2014. (98/05085-2)

FARIA, F. A.; PERRE, P.; ZUCCHI, R. A.; JORGE, L. R.; LEWINSOHN, T. M.; ROCHA, A.; TORRES, R. DA S.. Automatic identification of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae). JOURNAL OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND IMAGE REPRESENTATION, v. 25, n. 7, p. 1516-1527, OCT 2014. (98/05085-2, 10/14910-0, 10/05647-4)

NOBRE, PAOLA A. F.; BERGAMINI, LEONARDO L.; LEWINSOHN, THOMAS M.; JORGE, LEONARDO R.; ALMEIDA-NETO, MARIO. Host-Plant Specialization Mediates the Influence of Plant Abundance on Host Use by Flower Head-Feeding Insects. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, v. 45, n. 1, p. 171-177, FEB 2016. (98/05085-2)

ALMEIDA, ADRIANA MONTEIRO DE; FONSECA, CARLOS ROBERTO; PRADO, PAULO INÁCIO; ALMEIDA-NETO, MÁRIO; DINIZ, SORAIA; KUBOTA, UMBERTO; BRAUN, MARINA REITER; RAIMUNDO, RAFAEL L. GALDINI; ANJOS, LUCIANO ALVES DOS; MENDONÇA, TEHRA GOMES; et al. Diversidade e ocorrência de Asteraceae em cerrados de São Paulo. Biota Neotropica, v. 5, n. 2, p. 1-17, 2005. (98/05085-2)

LEWINSOHN, THOMAS M.; PRADO, PAULO INÁCIO; JORDANO, PEDRO; BASCOMPTE, JORDI; OLESEN, JENS M.. Structure in plant-animal interaction assemblages. OIKOS, v. 113, n. 1, p. 174-184, 2006. (98/05085-2)

FONSECA, CARLOS ROBERTO; PRADO, PAULO I.; ALMEIDA-NETO, MÁRIO; KUBOTA, UMBERTO; LEWINSOHN, THOMAS M.. Flower-heads, herbivores, and their parasitoids: food web structure along a fertility gradient. Ecological Entomology, v. 30, n. 4, p. 36-46, Jan. 2005. (98/05085-2)

ALMEIDA-NETO, MÁRIO; LEWINSOHN, THOMAS M.. Small-scale spatial autocorrelation and the interpretation of relationships between phenological parameters. Journal of Vegetation Science, v. 15, n. 4, p. 437-582, Aug. 2004. (98/05085-2)

JESUS, FLAVIA F.; ABREU, ALUANA G.; SEMIR, JOAO; SOLFERINI, VERA N.. Low genetic diversity but local genetic differentiation in endemic Minasia (Asteraceae) species from Brazil. PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, v. 277, n. 3-4, p. 187-196, FEB 2009. (98/05085-2)

MARIA TEREZA GROMBONE-GUARATINI; VERA NISAKA SOLFERINI; JOÃO SEMIR. Biologia reprodutiva em espécies de Bidens L. (Asteraceae). Scientia Agricola, v. 61, n. 2, p. 185-189, 2004-04-00. (99/05493-6, 98/05085-2)