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Baccharis: A Neotropical Model System to Study Insect Plant Interactions

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The genus Baccharis is composed of ca. 500 species which are distributed primarily in tropical America. It is dioecious and highly diverse in chemistry, architecture, phenology and occupy many different niches across several gradients of light, temperature, humidity, altitude and succession. It is host to the most speciose galling fauna, with more than 121 galling species on 40 host plant. This system provides an ideal scenario to test several ecological hypotheses, including the long standing plant sexual differences on timing and intensity of energy allocation, vigor, architecture and herbivore attack. Moreover its wide distribution enables to test latitudinal and altitudinal gradients on gall attack. We review the studies performed on these Neotropical shrubs related to galling insects. These studies have been crucial for the establishment of generalities and testing of ecological and evolutionary theories across the Americas, as well as to generate new ideas and hypotheses. For these reasons and power of the field and experimental observations we suggest that the galling insects on their Baccharis hosts may represent a Neotropical model system for studies on insect plant interactions.

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    Geraldo Wilson Fernandes

  2. Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, CEP 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil

    Jhonathan O. Silva

  3. Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, CP 126, CEP 39401-089, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil

    Mário M. Espírito-Santo & Marcílio Fagundes

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    Yumi Oki

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Fernandes, G.W., Silva, J.O., Espírito-Santo, M.M., Fagundes, M., Oki, Y., Carneiro, M.A.A. (2014). Baccharis: A Neotropical Model System to Study Insect Plant Interactions. In: Fernandes, G., Santos, J. (eds) Neotropical Insect Galls. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8783-3_13

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