Journal Title
Title of Journal: Biol Invasions
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Abbravation: Biological Invasions
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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Authors: Hongtao Niu Lilin Zhao Jianghua Sun
Publish Date: 2012/12/04
Volume: 15, Issue: 7, Pages: 1407-1415
Abstract
Invasive species cause severe ecological and economic damage however the mechanisms underlying their successful invasion often remain elusive In the case of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus a global quarantine pest which invaded Asia and Europe it has been suggested that this species possesses highly competitive abilities which promotes its establishment and rapid spread To explore biological traits that may explain its highly competitive abilities we focused on expression of phenotypic plasticity in response to the food conditions experienced by the females during their development as juveniles in the invasive species B xylophilus and native species Bursaphelenchus mucronatus We report an unexpected significant difference of phenotypic tradeoff between egg number and egg size in the invasive species B xylophilus and native species B mucronatus This leads to superior propagation ability of invasive species under high and low food conditions in culture These effects reflect adaptive optimal resource allocation where more eggs are produced in favorable environments to enhance population viability Furthermore we show that B xylophilus eggs hatched earlier than B mucronatus when their parents experienced high food availability Thus this study revealed for the first time phenotypic plasticity of reproductive traits in B xylophilus which empowers the species a competitive advantage relative to their native counterpart B mucronatus when they are under different range of food availability These results are a step towards answering the vital question of how an exotic invasive species exclude a native species from its original nicheWe are grateful to Zhudong Liu and Min Lu Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences for comments on the manuscript and especially Dr Jacob Wickham NSF Internationnal Postdoc Fellow at Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr Puneet Chowdhary Department of Chemistry University of Florida for their critical reviews on the earlier versions of the manuscript We thank the two anonymous referees for their careful review and helpful comments on the original manuscript This study was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China 30730074 and 30970369 and CAS Key Knowledge Innovation Program KSCX2EWN05
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