Testing the beneficial acclimation hypothesis: temperature effects on mating success in a butterfly

Geister, Thorin L.; Fischer, Klaus

doi:10.1093/beheco/arm024

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“…Developmental acclimation comprises irreversible responses to temperature experienced during ontogeny (Angilletta 2009), and these might differ from acclimation responses at later life stages (Terblanche and Chown 2006;Geister and Fischer 2007). Different temperatures were optimal for different life stages of Daphnia in our study: 15uC during maternal acclimation (egg development) and 20uC during growth assay (juvenile growth).…”

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Interaction of changes in food quality and temperature reveals maternal effects on fitness parameters of a keystone aquatic herbivore

Pajk¹,

Elert²,

Fink³

2012

Limnology & Oceanography

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We investigated the interaction of intergenerational temperature and food quality change on the fitness of two species of Daphnia, a freshwater keystone herbivore. The effect of a change in temperature (15uC vs. 20uC) and food quality (Cryptomonas sp. as high-quality food vs. Chlamydomonas sp. as relatively low-quality food) on juvenile growth rate and clutch size of Daphnia magna and Daphnia pulex was measured in 16 combinations of maternal and offspring environments in standardized growth assays. Both species showed similar responses. The positive effect of food quality on growth rate and clutch size was stronger if the maternal diet was of low quality. High maternal diet quality generally increased growth rate and reproduction, especially if the offspring diet was of low quality. The maximum fitness was attained by animals acclimated at 15uC and growing at 20uC, combining the faster growth rate at warm assay temperature and bigger clutch size of cold-acclimated animals. Intergenerational temperature regime had a strong influence on the effects of maternal and offspring food quality. Good maternal food quality was more important for fitness under less favorable temperature conditions. Low offspring food quality was more detrimental to fitness in animals experiencing temperature change between maternal acclimation and growth assay and less so under constant temperature conditions. Intergenerational changes in temperature and the maternal effects of food quality strongly affect the dietary requirements of these organisms. Hence, extrapolation from studies conducted under constant temperature conditions may seriously underestimate dietary constraints in natural environments.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Interaction of changes in food quality and temperature reveals maternal effects on fitness parameters of a keystone aquatic herbivore

Pajk¹,

Elert²,

Fink³

2012

Limnology & Oceanography

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“…Acclimatory responses to temperature, e.g. in temperature stress resistance, can be typically expected within several hours to days (Zeilstra & Fischer 2005, Geister & Fischer 2007. Developmental plasticity, in contrast, refers to a usually non-reversible cascade of phenotypic changes due to differences in the developmental environment (Willmer et al 2000, Wilson & Franklin 2002.…”

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“…Developmental plasticity, in contrast, refers to a usually non-reversible cascade of phenotypic changes due to differences in the developmental environment (Willmer et al 2000, Wilson & Franklin 2002. Such responses typically need several days to take effect, and may also affect stress resistance traits such as chill-coma recovery time and heat knockdown time (Zeilstra & Fischer 2005, Geister & Fischer 2007, Karl et al 2008a. From the above it should be evident that there is not necessarily a strict distinction between the different categories, which are mainly used for didactic purposes (Fig.…”

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Exploring plastic and genetic responses to temperature variation using copper butterflies

Fischer¹,

Karl²

2010

Clim. Res.

107

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Variable thermal environments experienced by most organisms warrant mechanisms to adjust the expression of phenotypic values to environmental needs. Here we explored short-(mainly developmental plasticity) and long-term effects (genetic differentiation across altitudes) of temperature variation using copper butterflies as model organisms. Lower compared to higher developmental temperatures yielded predictable variation by increasing development time, body size, total food consumption, the efficiency of converting digested food into body matter, and cold stress resistance, but decreasing daily food consumption, assimilation efficiency, body fat and protein content, weight loss at metamorphosis, the proportion of directly developing individuals, pupal melanisation and heat stress resistance. While variation in temperature stress resistance and developmental pathways is likely to reflect adaptive phenotypic plasticity, the reasons underlying variation in other traits are less clear. High-altitude populations showed increased development time, egg size, flight performance, wing and pupal melanisation and cold stress resistance, but decreased body fat content and heat stress resistance, compared to low-altitude populations. The differences seem to be mainly caused by thermal adaptation and seasonal time constraints. Cold stress resistance was related to variation at the phosphoglucose isomerase locus, and variation in heat stress resistance showed patterns similar to variation in the expression of stress-inducible heat shock proteins. High-altitude populations showed clearly reduced plasticity in heat stress tolerance, which may pose a substantial problem, given the rising temperatures at a global scale.

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“…Given the adaptive significance of a continuous alignment of the phenotype to the environment as well as the associated costs, an understanding of the detailed adult acclimation response (capacity and rate of acclimation) and its dependence on the developmental environment has received surprisingly little attention. Most noteworthy is the work on adult cold and heat acclimation in butterflies developed at different temperatures (Fischer et al, 2010;Geister and Fischer, 2007;Zeilstra and Fischer, 2005).…”

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Reversibility of developmental heat and cold plasticity is asymmetric and has long lasting consequences for adult thermal tolerance

Slotsbo

Schou

Kristensen

et al. 2016

Journal of Experimental Biology

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The ability of insects to cope with stressful temperatures through adaptive plasticity has allowed them to thrive under a wide range of thermal conditions. Developmental plasticity is generally considered to be a non-reversible phenotypic change, e.g. in morphological traits, while adult acclimation responses are often considered to be reversible physiological responses. However, physiologically mediated thermal acclimation might not follow this general prediction. We investigated the magnitude and rate of reversibility of developmental thermal plasticity responses in heat and cold tolerance of adult flies, using a full factorial design with two developmental and two adult temperatures (15 and 25°C). We show that cold tolerance attained during development is readily adjusted to the prevailing conditions during adult acclimation, with a symmetric rate of decrease or increase. In contrast, heat tolerance is only partly reversible during acclimation and is thus constrained by the temperature during development. The effect of adult acclimation on heat tolerance was asymmetrical, with a general loss of heat tolerance with age. Surprisingly, the decline in adult heat tolerance at 25°C was decelerated in flies developed at low temperatures. This result was supported by correlated responses in two senescenceassociated traits and in accordance with a lower rate of ageing after low temperature development, suggesting that physiological age is not reset at eclosion. The results have profound ecological consequences for populations, as optimal developmental temperatures will be dependent on the thermal conditions faced in the adult stage and the age at which they occur.

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Testing the beneficial acclimation hypothesis: temperature effects on mating success in a butterfly

Cited by 63 publications

References 39 publications

Interaction of changes in food quality and temperature reveals maternal effects on fitness parameters of a keystone aquatic herbivore

Interaction of changes in food quality and temperature reveals maternal effects on fitness parameters of a keystone aquatic herbivore

Exploring plastic and genetic responses to temperature variation using copper butterflies

Reversibility of developmental heat and cold plasticity is asymmetric and has long lasting consequences for adult thermal tolerance

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