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Limits to the adaptation of herbivorous spider mites to metal accumulation in h...
Godinho, Diogo P.; De mendonça fragata almeida, Inês; Majer, Agnieszka; Rodrigues, Leonor R; Magalhães, SaraMetal accumulation is used by some plants as a defence against herbivores. Yet, herbivores may adapt to these defences, becoming less susceptible. Moreover, ecosystems often contain plants that do and do not accumulate metals, but whether such heterogeneity affects herbivore adaptation remains understudied. Here, we performed experimental evolution to test whether the spider mite Tetranychus evansi adapts to pl...
Specific sequence of arrival promotes coexistence via spatial niche pre‐emption...
De mendonça fragata almeida, Inês; Costa‐Pereira, Raul; Kozak, Mariya; Majer, Agnieszka; Godoy, Oscar; Magalhães, saraHistorical contingency, such as the order of species arrival, can modify competitive outcomes via niche modification or pre-emption. However, how these mechanisms ultimately modify stabilising niche and average fitness differences remains largely unknown. By experimentally assembling two congeneric spider mite species feeding on tomato plants during two generations, we show that order of arrival affects species...