Bycatches of ecological field studies: bothersome or valuable?

Buchholz, Sascha; Kreuels, Martin; Kronshage, Andreas; Terlutter, Heinrich; Finch, Oliver‐D.

doi:10.1111/j.2041-210x.2010.00051.x

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“…In many cases, reducing by‐catch entirely may not be possible. In these cases, there may be real benefits to making by‐catch available, accessible and advertised for study by other researchers (Buchholz et al, ), and making the associated data open access. This would not be feasible for all by‐catch, but high‐quality or well‐preserved by‐catch, particularly if carried out as part of a large or long‐term trial could contain a plethora of important information about a system that was not the focus of the study (Skvarla & Holland, ).…”

Section: Suggestions For Improving Ethical Practices Around Invertebrmentioning

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“…Making more by‐catch available for study could provide important insights into the sampled systems and, in some cases, reduce the need for sampling similar areas a second time, reducing invertebrate mortality, as well as reducing the costs of these studies. Methods developed to enable collaboration among ecologists (Buchholz et al, ) could be beneficially adopted more widely.…”

Section: Suggestions For Improving Ethical Practices Around Invertebrmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Keeping invertebrate research ethical in a landscape of shifting public opinion

2019

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Invertebrate study systems are cornerstones of biological and biomedical research, providing key insights into fields from genetics to behavioural ecology. Despite the widespread use of invertebrates in research, there are very few ethical guidelines surrounding their use. Focussing on two ethical considerations faced during invertebrate studies—collecting methods and euthanasia—we make recommendations for integrating principles of vertebrate research into invertebrate research practice. We argue, given emerging research on invertebrate cognition and shifting public perception on the use of invertebrates in research, it is vital that the scientific community revisits the ethics of invertebrate use in research. Without careful consideration and development of the ethics surrounding the use of invertebrates by the scientific community, there is a danger of losing public support. It is imperative that the public understand the significance of research that uses invertebrates and that scientists demonstrate their ethical treatment of their experimental subjects.

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Section: Suggestions For Improving Ethical Practices Around Invertebrmentioning

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Section: Suggestions For Improving Ethical Practices Around Invertebrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Keeping invertebrate research ethical in a landscape of shifting public opinion

2019

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“…Monitoring efforts using non-specific (e.g., flight intercept, sticky traps, pitfall traps, etc. ), semi-specific methods (i.e., traps baited with generalized attractants such as plant stress volatile blends) and even specific pheromonal blends tend to yield significant insect by-catch (Thomas, 2003;Buchholz et al, 2011;Etxebeste et al, 2013;Martin et al, 2013). Incidental trap capture is often discarded without further scrutiny despite significant information that such samples have for understanding associated community context and patterns of biodiversity.…”

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Assessment of beetle diversity, community composition and potential threats to forestry using kairomone-baited traps

Olivier-Espejel

Hurley

Garnas

2016

Bull. Entomol. Res.

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Traps designed to capture insects during normal movement/dispersal, or via attraction to non-specific (plant) volatile lures, yield by-catch that carries valuable information about patterns of community diversity and composition. In order to identify potential native/introduced pests and detect predictors of colonization of non-native pines, we examined beetle assemblages captured in intercept panel traps baited with kairomone lures used during a national monitoring of the woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, in Southern Africa. We identified 50 families and 436 morphospecies of beetles from nine sites sampled in both 2008 and 2009 and six areas in 2007 (trap catch pooled by region) across a latitudinal and elevational gradient. The most diverse groups were mainly those strongly associated with trees, known to include damaging pests. While native species dominated the samples in terms of richness, the dominant species was the introduced bark beetle Orthotomicus erosus (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) (22 ± 34 individuals/site). Four Scolytinae species without previous records in South Africa, namely Coccotrypes niger, Hypocryphalus robustus (formerly Hypocryphalus mangiferae), Hypothenemus birmanus and Xyleborus perforans, were captured in low abundances. Communities showed temporal stability within sites and strong biogeographic patterns across the landscape. The strongest single predictors of community composition were potential evaporation, latitude and maximum relative humidity, while the strongest multifactor model contained elevation, potential evaporation and maximum relative humidity. Temperature, land use variables and distance to natural areas did not significantly correlate with community composition. Non-phytophagous beetles were also captured and were highly diverse (32 families) perhaps representing important beneficial insects.

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“…Although systematic, hypothesis-driven research can produce novel information about insect chemical ecology, new knowledge may sometimes arise from unexpected sources [2]. This is frequently the case for many flight-capable insects that are captured unwittingly in traps provisioned with volatile chemicals intended to attract one or a few target species of insects [3,4]. Substantial bycatch of a particular nontarget species may reveal a novel association between that species and the chemical [5][6][7].…”

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Capture of Nontarget Flies (Diptera: Lauxaniidae, Chloropidae, and Anthomyiidae) on Traps Baited with Volatile Chemicals in Field-Crop Habitats

Hesler

2016

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

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Volatile chemicals increased trap catch of flies from the families Lauxaniidae [Homoneura bispina (Loew) and Camptoprosopella borealis Shewell], Chloropidae (Olcella sp.), and Anthomyiidae (Delia spp.) in field crops. With lauxaniids, baiting with 2phenylethanol on cotton-roll dispensers increased catch of H. bispina in two corn plot tests, and methyl salicylate increased trap catch in one test. Traps baited with methyl salicylate increased the catch of C. borealis. When using plastic-sachet dispensers, traps baited with methyl salicylate caught more H. bispina than ones baited with 2-phenylethanol, whereas traps baited with 2-phenylethanol caught more C. borealis than those with methyl salicylate. For chloropids, traps baited with 2-isopropyl-3methoxypyrazine greatly increased catch of Olcella flies in corn and soybean. With anthomyiids, catch of male Delia flies in wheat increased with 2-phenylethanol on cotton rolls and with either 2-phenylethanol or methyl salicylate using plastic dispensers. In soybean, 2-phenylethanol formulated on cotton rolls or in plastic dispensers increased catch of male Delia flies, but methyl salicylate did not affect trap catch. Trap catch of female Delia flies did not vary among chemicals. In another test in soybean, trap catch of both male and female Delia flies was greater with 2-phenylethanol than with other volatile chemicals.

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Bycatches of ecological field studies: bothersome or valuable?

Cited by 24 publications

References 12 publications

Keeping invertebrate research ethical in a landscape of shifting public opinion

Keeping invertebrate research ethical in a landscape of shifting public opinion

Assessment of beetle diversity, community composition and potential threats to forestry using kairomone-baited traps

Capture of Nontarget Flies (Diptera: Lauxaniidae, Chloropidae, and Anthomyiidae) on Traps Baited with Volatile Chemicals in Field-Crop Habitats

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