脱水的微生物息地增加了 mite 的活动,并加剧了 Drosophila 的外寄生虫
Joshua B Benoit1, Gabrielle LeFevre2, Joy Bose2
1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, USA. joshua.benoit@uc.edu.
概括
在干燥的条件下,寄生虫的感染加剧,因为脱水的虫变得更活跃,寻找宿主补充水. 这种增加的外寄生病影响果在干旱环境中的生存.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 动物学 动物学
背景情况:
- 寄生虫和宿主在水供应波动的环境中相互作用.
- 多类果和外寄生居住在易干燥的微生物息地,例如腐烂的有机物.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究干燥条件对Drosophila果的虫寄生虫的影响.
- 为了确定虫脱水是否影响寻找宿主行为和寄生虫率.
主要方法:
- 在不同湿度下检查了两种虫系统 (D. nigrospiracula-Macrocheles和D. melanogaster-Gamasodes).
- 在D. melanogaster.中利用人工选择进行行为抵抗.
- 对进行了水平衡测定,并观察了活动.
- 暴露于D. melanogaster脱水的虫,并测量了寄生虫水平.
主要成果:
- 在两种虫系统中,虫寄生性随着暴露于更干燥的条件而显著增加.
- 人工选择的耐药性并没有消除干燥条件对寄生虫的影响.
- 在干燥条件下脱水的虫在接触时表现出增加的活动和更高的寄生虫率.
结论:
- 外寄生虫的强度直接受到的水含量的影响.
- 干旱条件促使虫寄生在宿主身上,有可能恢复水平衡并促进分散.
- 主体-寄生虫相互作用受到环境水的可用性显著调节.
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