Low host specificity of herbivorous insects in a tropical forest

By V. Novotný, Y. Basset, S. Miller, G. Weiblen, B. Bremer, L. Čížek, P. Drozd. Nature, 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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CTFS‐ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change (2015, background): “Elucidate the role of arthropods in forest ecosystems (Novotny et al., 2002; Novotny & Basset, 2005); evaluate the impact of global change on the full range of forest trophic levels”
The evolutionary improbability of 'generalism' in nature, with special reference to insects (2011, background): “A lack of habitat and or host/prey fidelity appears to be a requisite for generalism [for insects, see Novotny et al., 2002; 2006; Novotny & Basset, 2005; see also Novotny et al., 2006: figure 2, where most species of folivorous insects (Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, and Orthopteroids)…”
A Review of Molecular Phylogenetic Studies of Rubiaceae1 (2009, background): “Novotny et al. (2002) compared a plant phylogeny of 51 tree species, including Rubiaceae, from New Guinea with more than 900 leaf-chewing insects found on these plants.”
Exploring the relationship between nichie breadth and invasion success (2006, background): “The realization that tropical herbivorous insects were less specialized than previously thought led to revising the estimated number of global species from 30 million (Erwin 1982) to approximately 5 million (Ødegaard 2000, Novotný et al. 2002).”
Conspecific and phylogenetic density‐dependent survival differs across life stages in a tropical forest (2015, background): “Studies have also found a phylogenetic signal in the host range of natural enemies, with closely related species sharing more pathogens and insect herbivores (Gilbert & Webb 2007; Novotny et al. 2002; Liu et al. 2012).”
Beta diversity of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in an Andean montane rainforest (2003, background): “Host plant specialization in tropical forests generally appears to be much lower than previously thought (Novotny et al., 2002).”
3.15 – Molecular Basis of Pheromone Detection in Insects (2005, background): “, 2003b) argues that OBPs function throughout the neopteran lineages (and thus presumably the vast majority of eukaryotic organisms, Figure 4; Erwin 1982; Novotny et al. 2002).”
DNA barcoding reveals new insights into the diversity of Antarctic species of Orchomene sensu lato (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) (2011, background): “According to most estimations on global biodiversity, the majority of species living on this planet are currently undescribed (Novotny et al., 2002; Blaxter, 2003, 2004; Bouchet, 2006).”
Measuring specialization in species interaction networks (2006, methodology): “For known phylogenies, more advanced techniques for analyses with a particular evolutionary focus are available [ 41- 43 ].”
The importance of plant relatedness for host utilization among phytophagous insects (2005, background): “Predictably simple: assemblages of caterpillars (Lepidoptera) feeding on rainforest trees in Papua New Guinea.”
Time Tree of Rubiaceae: Phylogeny and Dating the Family, Subfamilies, and Tribes (2009, background): “…al. 2003; Alejandro et al. 2005; Nie et al. 2005), ecological traits (Eriksson and Bremer 1991; Bremer and Eriksson 1992; McDowell and Bremer 1998; Novotny et al. 2002; Motley et al. 2005; Razafimandimbison et al. 2005), and morphological traits in the family (Jansen et al. 2002, 2003; Huysmans…”
Biotic interactions and plant invasions. (2006, background): “For example, introduced grazers such as pigs, goats, deer, cows and bison can facilitate invasion of grazing-adapted plant species by decreasing the biomass of grazing-intolerant natives (O’Connor 1991; DiTomaso 2000; Hobbs 2001).”
Molecular markers and their applications in fisheries and aquaculture (2010, neutral): “dentified and unknown species [66].”