Positive and negative interspecific interactions between coexisting rice planthoppers neutralise the effects of elevated temperatures

• Published in: Functional ecology Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 181 - 192
• Main Authors: Horgan, Finbarr G., Arida, Arriza, Ardestani, Goli, Almazan, Maria Liberty P., Rasmann, Sergio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Climate change; Climate prediction; Community Ecology; Competition; Damage; Decoupling; Ecosystem resilience; Environmental changes; Environmental effects; exploitation competition; facilitation; Feeders; Feeding; Fitness; Fulgoroidea; Global warming; Herbivores; High temperature; Host plants; induced plant defences; Insects; Interference; interference competition; Interspecific relationships; Life tables; Nymphs; Offspring; Oviposition; rice; volatiles; interference competition; induced plant defences; facilitation; rice; exploitation competition; climate change; volatiles

Global warming is often predicted to increase damage to plants through direct effects on insect herbivores. However, the indirect impacts of rising temperatures on herbivores, mediated through interactions with their biotic environment, could dampen these effects. Using a series of reciprocal densit...