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Parental crowding influences life-history traits in Locusta migratoria females

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2009

M.-P. Chapuis ,
L. Crespin ,
A. Estoup ,
A. Augé-Sabatier ,
A. Foucart ,
M. Lecoq  and
Y. Michalakis
M.-P. Chapuis*
Affiliation:
UMR Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro), INRA, Campus international de Baillarguet, CS 30016, F-34988Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR 2724 CNRS-IRD, IRD, 911 avenue Agropolis, 34394Montpellier Cedex 5, France Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement Acridologie, TA A-50/D, F-34398, Montpellier, France
L. Crespin
Affiliation:
UMR Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro), INRA, Campus international de Baillarguet, CS 30016, F-34988Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France
A. Estoup
Affiliation:
UMR Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro), INRA, Campus international de Baillarguet, CS 30016, F-34988Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France
A. Augé-Sabatier
Affiliation:
UMR Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro), INRA, Campus international de Baillarguet, CS 30016, F-34988Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France
A. Foucart
Affiliation:
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement Acridologie, TA A-50/D, F-34398, Montpellier, France
M. Lecoq
Affiliation:
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement Acridologie, TA A-50/D, F-34398, Montpellier, France
Y. Michalakis
Affiliation:
Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR 2724 CNRS-IRD, IRD, 911 avenue Agropolis, 34394Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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*Author for correspondence Fax: +61 (02) 9351 4119 E-mail: chapuimp@supagro.inra.fr
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Abstract

Parental environments could play an important role in controlling insect outbreaks, provided they influence changes in physiological, developmental or behavioural life-history traits related to fluctuations in population density. However, the potential implication of parental influence in density-related changes in life-history traits remains unclear in many insects that exhibit fluctuating population dynamics, particularly locusts. In this study, we report a laboratory experiment, which enabled us to characterize the life-history trait modifications induced by parental crowding of female individuals from a frequently outbreaking population of Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus) (Orthoptera: Acrididae). We found that a rearing history of crowding led to reduced female oviposition times and increased offspring size but did not affect the developmental time, survival, fecundity, and the sex-ratio and the number of offspring. Because all studied females were raised in a common environment (isolation conditions), these observed reproductive differences are due to trans-generational effects induced by density. We discuss the ecological and evolutionary implications of the observed density-dependent parental effects on the life-history of L. migratoria.

Keywords

controlled laboratory experimentcrowdingdensity-dependent polyphenismlife-historylocustoffspring qualityparental effectsoutbreakpestreproductive timing
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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 100 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 9 - 17
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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