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Experimental predator manipulation with colony establishment
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Description
Controlled experiment manipulating predator presence by establishing artificial aphid colonies, protecting them from natural predators, then adding lygus bugs to treatment plants. Includes ant bridge establishment to facilitate mutualism formation.
Typical Equipment
- random number generator
- paint brush
- mesh bags
- twist ties
- tanglefoot
- 3cm straws
- tape
- sweep net
- coin for randomization
- data collection sheets
Output Measurements
- aphid colony size
- ant recruitment
- lygus bug abundance
- colony survival
Papers Using This Protocol (33)
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Host plant phenology shapes aphid abundance and interactions with ants
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Ant Behavioral Responses to Aphids Colonizing <i> Ligusticum porteri </i>
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Ant Behavioral Responses to Aphids Colonizing <i> Ligusticum porteri </i>
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Early snowmelt reduces aphid abundance <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> by creating water stressed host plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and altering interactions with ants
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Advanced phenology of intraguild predators shifts herbivore host plant preference and performance
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Elevated temperatures alter an ant aphid mutualism
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Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength
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Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength
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Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity
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Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity
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The Effect of Predation on Ant-aphid Mutualism in <i>Ligusticum porteri</i>
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The Effect of Predation on Ant-aphid Mutualism in <i>Ligusticum porteri</i>
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Does <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> colony size mediate <i>Formica rufa</i> and <i>Tapinoma sessile</i> competition for mutualist aphids
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Multitrophic interactions mediate the effects of climate change on herbivore abundance
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Effects of phenological stage and temperature on <i>Ligusticum porteri’s</i> volatiles and trophic interactions
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Effects of early snowmelt and climate warming on Valeriana edulis and the insects that depend on it.
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Mechanisms underlying plant sexual dimorphism in multi-trophic arthropod communities
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Abiotic and multitrophic determinants of geographic distribution in an herbivorous insect
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Benefits of ant attendance for aphid colonies of varying density
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Influence of macronutrient imbalance on native ant foraging and interspecific interactions in the field
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Examining top-down and bottom up effects on aphid abundance on Ligusticum porteri
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Causes of predation intensity in an ant/aphid mutualist system
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The effect of ant tending on the fitness of aphids during and after colony establishment
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Role of floral nectaries and plant sex in mediating ant-aphid interactions on <i>Valeriana edulis</i>
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What's for lunch: deciphering ant omnivory on lupine
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Fitness costs of the aphid endosymbiont, <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i>
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A test of sexual dimorphism in <i>Valeriana edulis</i> resistance and induced responses to herbivory
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Species Interactions in Arthropod Communities: Density Dependence and Ant Interactions on Aphid Per Capita Population Growth
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Variation in host plant sex mediates ant-aphid interactions
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Effects of long-term experimental warming on aphid density in the field
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Ant-aphid interactions: are ants friends, enemies, or both?
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What is the nature of the ant-aphid relationship?
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