Plant Utilization Patterns of a Guild of Leafhoppers on a Woody Plant Community in the Chihuahuan Desert

Logarzo, Guillermo A.; Richman, David B.; Gould, William

doi:10.1603/0046-225x-31.5.914

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“…Numerous studies have shown that herbivores respond to changes in plant diversity in particular (e.g., Brown, 1990;Borges and Brown, 2001). The most common herbivores in our sites were leafhoppers and thrips, both of which are known to be at least somewhat generalist in their feeding habits, often feeding on multiple plant species in a given community (e.g., Logarzo et al, 2002;Macel et al, 2005). Generalist herbivores are expected to be less sensitive to changes in the plant community than specialist herbivores (Stoner and Joern, 2004) which might explain our findings.…”

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Patterns of Trophic-level Diversity Associated with Herbaceous Dune Vegetation Across a Primary Successional Gradient

Emery¹,

Masters²,

Benanti³

et al. 2015

The American Midland Naturalist

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While ecologists have studied succession for well over 100 y, there has been little characterization of diversity patterns in nonplant organisms or their interactions across successional gradients. In this study we examined herbaceous vertical vegetation structure and diversity in plants, arthropods, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in three Great Lakes sand dune chronosequences. Plant species richness increased linearly across the primary successional gradients at the three sampling sites, while plant vertical structure remained constant. Total arthropod abundance and species richness were positively associated with plant vertical cover, while AMF spore abundance and morpho-type richness were positively associated with plant species richness. Carnivore and herbivore functional groups of arthropods responded differently to plant vertical cover and species richness. Diversity across early primary successional gradients does not consistently increase among different trophic levels, and the vertical structure of vegetation can be important in explaining richness and abundance in other trophic levels across a successional gradient.

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Patterns of Trophic-level Diversity Associated with Herbaceous Dune Vegetation Across a Primary Successional Gradient

Emery¹,

Masters²,

Benanti³

et al. 2015

The American Midland Naturalist

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“…The pattern of plant usage by the thrips community was different from the pattern found on the leafhopper community studied at the same location, dates and host plants. The number of insect species analyzed was similar: 12 thrips and 13 leafhoppers (Logarzo et al 2002). The Thysanoptera showed more positive interactions than leafhoppers (26.3% vs. 9.5% ), indicating that thrips have low fidelity to host plants.…”

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“…All Thysanoptera species analyzed were positively associated at least with one plant species, and 41.7% were associated with many hosts, among 3-10 species (Table 3). On the other hand, 66.7% of the Cicadellidae showed preference for just 1-2 host plants (50% of the 13 leafhoppers were associated to only 1 host plant), and the remaining species (4) exhibited no preference for any host (Logarzo et al 2002). When comparing negative interactions between Thysanoptera and Cicadellidae communities, the leafhoppers showed more avoidance associations in host usage than the thrips (41.4% of the 169 possible plant-leafhopper pairs demonstrated avoidance, whereas thrips showed 22.4% of the 156 pairs).…”

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Structure and Composition of a Thrips Community in the Chihuahua Desert, New Mexico, U.S.

Logarzo¹,

Zamar

Richman

et al. 2012

Florida Entomologist

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Diversity of Leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Associated with Border Grasses and Maize During the Wet and Dry Seasons in Mexico

Pinedo-Escatel

Moya‐Raygoza

2018

Environmental Entomology

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Leafhoppers constitute one of the largest groups of pests causing damage to crops worldwide. Edge grasses, which are border crops (also known as border grasses), contain diverse plant species and maintain large populations of leafhoppers during the tropical dry and wet seasons. However, little is known about the diversity of leafhoppers on these grasses. The objective of this study was to characterize the diversity of leafhoppers on maize and on surrounding border grasses during the dry and wet seasons. Leafhopper adults were collected with a sweep net from border grasses during the dry season, when maize is absent. During the wet, maize-growing season, leafhoppers were collected in both the maize fields and their surrounding edge grasses. A highly diverse (H' = 1.97 ± 2.03) leafhopper population was seen on the edge grasses during the dry season, and during the wet season, leafhopper diversity was higher in the edge grasses (H'= 1.79 ± 1.72) than in the maize fields themselves (H'= 1.67 ± 1.12). Throughout the wet season, the most abundant leafhopper species in border grasses were Stirellus bicolor (Van Duzee) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Graminella sonora (Ball) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), and Balclutha incisa (Matsumura) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), whereas Dalbulus maidis (DeLong) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) was the most abundant species in maize fields. All of these species were from the subfamily Deltocephalinae. Canonical Component Analysis showed that leafhopper abundance of Sibovia compta (Fowler) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Graphocephala aurolineata (Fowler) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), D. maidis, and S. bicolor was associated with abiotic factors such as relative humidity, soil moisture, temperature, and pluvial precipitation. Nevertheless, for most leafhopper species, abundances were not significantly correlated with the abiotic variables measured.

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Plant Utilization Patterns of a Guild of Leafhoppers on a Woody Plant Community in the Chihuahuan Desert

Cited by 5 publications

References 39 publications

Patterns of Trophic-level Diversity Associated with Herbaceous Dune Vegetation Across a Primary Successional Gradient

Patterns of Trophic-level Diversity Associated with Herbaceous Dune Vegetation Across a Primary Successional Gradient

Structure and Composition of a Thrips Community in the Chihuahua Desert, New Mexico, U.S.

Diversity of Leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Associated with Border Grasses and Maize During the Wet and Dry Seasons in Mexico

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