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Niche engineering reveals complementary resource use.

Jacob T Gable1, David W Crowder, Tobin D Northfield

  • 1Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.

Ecology
|October 26, 2012
PubMed
Summary
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Predatory insects on plants exhibit niche complementarity, partitioning foraging space to enhance prey consumption. However, caterpillar damage disrupts this spatial niche, diminishing biodiversity benefits and favoring the most voracious predators.

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Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Community Ecology
  • Behavioral Ecology

Background:

  • Species diversity can enhance resource use through niche complementarity.
  • Demonstrating niche complementarity is challenging due to difficulties in linking traits to resource partitioning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate niche complementarity in a predatory insect community on Brassica oleracea.
  • To determine how foraging behavior and environmental modifications affect biodiversity effects.

Main Methods:

  • Exploited plastic foraging behavior in predatory insects.
  • Observed predator foraging patterns on intact and caterpillar-damaged Brassica oleracea leaves.
  • Quantified prey consumption by single predator species versus mixed-species communities.

Main Results:

  • Predators partitioned foraging space (leaf edges vs. centers), leading to higher combined prey consumption on intact leaves.
  • Caterpillar damage homogenized the foraging environment, eliminating spatial niche differentiation.
  • On damaged plants, emergent biodiversity effects disappeared, with single voracious predators outperforming diverse communities.

Conclusions:

  • Niche differentiation causally links to increased resource consumption in diverse communities.
  • Ecological engineers (caterpillars) can alter foraging environments, impacting biodiversity effects.
  • Predator foraging plasticity and environmental conditions determine whether complementarity or individual species traits drive community outcomes.