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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "Context: Biotic resource exploitation is a critical determinant of species’
distributions. However, quantifying resource exploitation patterns through space
and time can be difficult, complicating their incorporation in spatial ecology
studies. Therefore, understanding the local drivers of spatial patterns of resource
exploitation may contribute to better large-scale species distribution models.\r\nObjectives:
We investigated (1) how the resource exploitation patterns of two trophic interactions
(plant–insect) are explained by insect behaviour, resource aggregation, and potential
insect-insect interactions. We also analyzed how (2) resource patch size and (3)
resource accessibility in a heterogeneous landscape affected host exploitation
patterns.\r\nMethods: We quantified nectar robbing by insects in the genus Bombus
(bumblebees) and seed predation by Brachypterolus vestitus larvae (Antirrhinum
beetle) on Antirrhinum majus L. (wild snapdragons) in the Pyrenees Mountains,
Catalonia, Spain. We tested hypotheses about resource exploitation by integrating
spatial analyses at multiple scales.\r\nResults: Both trophic interactions were
aggregated, explained by the aggregation of their resource. At some scales, nectar
robbing is more aggregated than the resource. Trophic interaction abundance is
proportional to resource patch size, following the ideal free distribution model.
Landscape features do not explain the locations exploited. Nectar robbing and
seed predation occur together more often than expected.\r\nConclusions: Our findings
suggest that multiple biotic and ecological spatial factors may simultaneously
affect resource exploitation at a local scale. These findings should be considered
when developing agricultural projects, management plans and conservation policies."
acknowledgement: "For the beetle barcoding, we are very thankful to Brent Emerson’s
laboratory at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) at the
Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA) in La Laguna, Tenerife. Many
thanks to numerous field assistants, especially Sandra Cuevas Gallego, Beatriz Pablo
Carmona, Luís Santos Cid and Alex Fuster, for their assistance in data collection.
Finally, we thank Jesús Muñoz, Virgilio Gómez-Rubio, and two anonymous reviewers
for comments that greatly improved the quality of the manuscript.\r\nOpen access
funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology (IST Austria). CB received
funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 754411. NB was funded by the
FWF grant “Löwenmaul speciation” P 32166-B32."
article_number: '172'
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author:
- first_name: Guillem
full_name: Pocull Belles, Guillem
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last_name: Pocull Belles
- first_name: Carina
full_name: Baskett, Carina
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last_name: Baskett
orcid: 0000-0002-7354-8574
- first_name: Nicholas H
full_name: Barton, Nicholas H
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last_name: Barton
orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240
citation:
ama: 'Pocull Belles G, Baskett C, Barton NH. Multiscale spatial analysis of two
plant–insect interactions: Effects of landscape, resource distribution, and other
insects. Landscape Ecology. 2024;39(9). doi:10.1007/s10980-024-01899-9'
apa: 'Pocull Belles, G., Baskett, C., & Barton, N. H. (2024). Multiscale spatial
analysis of two plant–insect interactions: Effects of landscape, resource distribution,
and other insects. Landscape Ecology. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01899-9'
chicago: 'Pocull Belles, Guillem, Carina Baskett, and Nicholas H Barton. “Multiscale
Spatial Analysis of Two Plant–Insect Interactions: Effects of Landscape, Resource
Distribution, and Other Insects.” Landscape Ecology. Springer Nature, 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01899-9.'
ieee: 'G. Pocull Belles, C. Baskett, and N. H. Barton, “Multiscale spatial analysis
of two plant–insect interactions: Effects of landscape, resource distribution,
and other insects,” Landscape Ecology, vol. 39, no. 9. Springer Nature,
2024.'
ista: 'Pocull Belles G, Baskett C, Barton NH. 2024. Multiscale spatial analysis
of two plant–insect interactions: Effects of landscape, resource distribution,
and other insects. Landscape Ecology. 39(9), 172.'
mla: 'Pocull Belles, Guillem, et al. “Multiscale Spatial Analysis of Two Plant–Insect
Interactions: Effects of Landscape, Resource Distribution, and Other Insects.”
Landscape Ecology, vol. 39, no. 9, 172, Springer Nature, 2024, doi:10.1007/s10980-024-01899-9.'
short: G. Pocull Belles, C. Baskett, N.H. Barton, Landscape Ecology 39 (2024).
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2024-09-08T22:01:11Z
date_published: 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-09-08T09:20:11Z
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doi: 10.1007/s10980-024-01899-9
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title: 'Multiscale spatial analysis of two plant–insect interactions: Effects of landscape,
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