The cynipid gall wasp Diplolepis rosae is more successful in North America than in Europe because of enemy release
Zoltán László,
Chris Looney,
Hunor Prázsmári
et al.
Abstract:The Enemy Release Hypothesis predicts that introduced species in their new range are freed from natural enemies (e.g., pathogens, parasitoids and predators) that control their populations.
Diplolepis rosae (Hymenoptera, Diplolepididae), native to the Western Palearctic, induces readily apparent galls on wild roses (Rosa spp.) that support a robust component community of inquilines, parasitoids and hyperparasitoids in its native range. D. rosae was introduced to North America in the mid‐1800s, and has since bec… Show more
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