Ecological Archives E086-047-A1

Danush V. Viswanathan, Anita T. J. Narwani, and Jennifer S. Thaler. 2005. Specificity in induced plant responses shapes patterns of herbivore occurrence on Solanum dulcamara. Ecology VOL: pp-pp.

Appendix A. A table showing raw means for (A) Psylliodes affinis adult and (B) Plagiometriona clavata egg abundance on Solanum dulcamara plants following different early-season damage types.

A) Psylliodes affinis

 

Manipulative
experiment 2001
(week 2)

Manipulative
experiment 2002
(week 1)

Observational
site 2
(all weeks)

 

Mean ± SE

Mean ± SE

Mean ± SE

Initial damager

     

Undamaged (control)

0.61 ± 0.085

0.56 ± 0.104

0.29 ± 0.033

Psylliodes affinis

0.18 ± 0.056

0.28 ± 0.058

0.12 ± 0.023

Plagiometriona clavata

0.90 ± 0.065

1.02 ± 0.133

0.36 ± 0.037

Prophysaon sp.

0.52 ± 0.082

0.85 ± 0.112

-

Lema trilinea

0.59 ± 0.082

0.69 ± 0.104

-

Jasmonic acid

0.10 ± 0.044

0.14 ± 0.045

-

Aphrophora saratogensis

0.56 ± 0.082

-

-

Mechanical damage

0.60 ± 0.084

-

-

       
       

B) Plagiometriona clavata eggs

 

Manipulative
experiment 2002
(all weeks)

Observational
site 1
(all weeks)

Observational
site 2
(all weeks)

 

Mean ± SE

Mean ± SE

Mean ± SE

Initial damager

     

Undamaged (control)

1.04 ± 0.17

2.00 ± 0.279

2.05 ± 0.395

Psylliodes affinis

0.42 ± 0.093

1.13 ± 0.18

0.81 ± 0.199

Plagiometriona clavata

0.66 ± 0.116

-

2.56 ± 0.506

Prophysaon sp.

0.63 ± 0.115

1.31 ± 0.231

-

Lema trilinea

0.35 ± 0.057

0.98 ± 0.142

-

Jasmonic acid

0.98 ± 0.142

-

-

Aphrophora saratogensis

-

-

-

Mechanical damage

-

-

-

   Note: A dash indicates the absence of an initial damager from a particular experiment.



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