The adaptive significance of leaf-mining pattern as an anti-parasitoid strategy: A theoretical study |
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Authors: | Makoto Kat? |
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Institution: | (1) Entomological Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 606 Kyoto, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary An adaptive significance of linear leaf mining patterns as the anti-parasitoid strategy is theoretically analysed. In the
model, a leaf-miner is allowed to move in one of four ways; mining ahead in unexploited area of a leaf, backtracking, branching
off from the backtracking mine, and crossing the previous mine. The model parasitoid searches for the leaf-miner by tracing
the mine by the tactile cue of mine surface after detecting the mine. The average duration from detecting the mine to finding
the leaf-miner host is calculated for various patterns of mining, changing numbers of branches and of crosses. This average
duration becomes longer when the leaf-miner stays near either end of the mine compared with when staying near its center.
It is also prolonged as the numbers of branches and of crosses increase. |
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