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Linkages among trait-mediated indirect effects: a new framework for the indirect interaction web

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  • Trait-Mediated Indirect Interaction
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Abstract

Plants have diverse ways of responding to damage by herbivores, such as changes in allelochemistry, physiology, morphology, growth, and phenology. These responses form the mechanistic basis for trait-mediated indirect interactions (TMIIs) between organisms on the plants. There is a growing appreciation that such TMIIs form complex networks (i.e., indirect interaction webs) in terrestrial plant-associated arthropod communities. Almost all previous studies have had the same framework: examining trait-mediated indirect effects within a single interactive unit consisting of one initiator of herbivore, a host plant as a mediator, and one receiver [trait-mediated indirect interaction unit (TMIU)]. However, this framework is too simple to understand the dynamics of the indirect interaction web. Recent studies suggest that there is a wide variety of interactions among TMIUs within a community, which may largely affect the outcomes of indirect effects in each unit. Here, we review recent advance in studies of trait-mediated indirect effects in plant-associated arthropod communities and explore the mechanisms of linkages among TMIUs. Then, we argue the importance of examining linkages among TMIUs as a new framework for future studies on the indirect interaction web. Finally, we propose the hypothesis that linkages among TMIUs contribute to the maintenance of biodiversity.

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Acknowledgments

We thank T. Ohgushi, E. Nakajima, and anonymous reviewers for valuable comments on an earlier draft. We also thank O. Kishida, T. Namba, and M. Kondoh for their helpful comments on this study. This study was partly supported by the Global COE program A06 to Kyoto University and a Grant-in-Aid for a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists (no. 22-9260) to S. Utsumi.

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  1. Department of General Systems Studies, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan

    Shunsuke Utsumi

  2. Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland

    Shunsuke Utsumi

  3. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Japan

    Shunsuke Utsumi & Yoshino Ando

  4. Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Takeshi Miki

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Utsumi, S., Ando, Y. & Miki, T. Linkages among trait-mediated indirect effects: a new framework for the indirect interaction web. Popul Ecol 52, 485–497 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-010-0237-2

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