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  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Evolutionary Biology

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  • Parental care is a key life history strategy for improving reproductive success, especially in challenging environments.
  • Variation in maternal care, influenced by social factors and competition, and its ecological consequences are not well understood.
  • The predatory mite C. eruditus provides a model to study the plasticity of maternal care and its effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the plasticity of maternal care behavior in C. eruditus.
  • To determine the impact of maternal care on offspring survival.
  • To assess the effects of maternal care on intra- and interspecific competition.

Main Methods:

  • Observational studies on C. eruditus reproductive females exhibiting egg-guarding behavior.
  • Experimental manipulation of the presence or absence of interspecific competitors.
  • Quantification of egg survival rates and competitor mortality.

Main Results:

  • C. eruditus females frequently engage in egg-guarding behavior.
  • Maternal care efforts are significantly enhanced when an interspecific competitor is present.
  • Egg masses are more vulnerable to predation without maternal care.
  • Guarding females increased egg survival and negatively impacted the survival of both con- and heterospecific competitors.

Conclusions:

  • Maternal care in C. eruditus is context-dependent, increasing with competition.
  • Egg-guarding behavior significantly enhances offspring survival and competitive outcomes.
  • The findings underscore the ecological importance of maternal care.
  • Releasing C. eruditus and Neoseiulus cucumeris together is not recommended for pest management in storage products due to competitive interactions.