Life history trade-offs imposed by dragline use in two money spiders

Bonte, Dries; Verduyn, Lieselot; Braeckman, Bart P.

doi:10.1242/jeb.132191

Cited by 4 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 43 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…For example, the altered growth and development of plants in response to wind or mechanical perturbation (thigmorphogenesis) reduces plant size and fecundity (Chehab et al, 2008; Telewski & Pruyn, 1998). Similarly, the induction of dragline spider silk production reduces spider survival and fecundity (Bonte et al., 2016). For marine bivalves, a greater cost of shell production induced by low salinity conditions can affect energetic limitation (Sanders et al., 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resource allocation to a structural biomaterial: Induced production of byssal threads decreases growth of a marine mussel

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The biomechanics of specialized mechanical structures produced by organisms provides crucial fitness advantages. The energetic cost associated with producing these structural materials and the resulting energetic trade‐off with growth, however, is rarely quantified. We integrate resource allocation to structural material production with an energetic framework by combining an experimental manipulation with an energetic model. Mytilid bivalves produce byssus, a network of collagen‐like threads that tethers individuals to hard substrate. We hypothesized that a manipulation that induces the production of more byssal threads would result in increased energetic cost and decreased growth of the species Mytilus trossulus. In month‐long field experiments in spring and autumn, we severed byssal threads across a range of frequencies (never, weekly, daily), and measured shell and tissue growth. We then quantified the costs associated with the production of byssal threads using a Scope for Growth model. We found that byssal thread removal increased byssal thread production and decreased growth. The cost calculated per byssal thread was similar in the spring and autumn (~1 J/thread), but energy budget calculations differed by season, and depended on thread quantity and seasonal differences in assumptions of metabolic costs. This work demonstrates that the cost of producing a structural material has a substantial effect on mussel energetic state. The energetic cost of producing byssal threads was 2%–8% percent of the energy budget in control groups that had low byssal thread production, and increased six to 11‐fold (up to 47%) in mussels induced to produce threads daily. We propose that characterizing the trade‐off between the cost of biomaterial production and growth has implications for understanding the role of trade‐offs in adaptive evolution, and improved natural resource management and conservation practices. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resource allocation to a structural biomaterial: Induced production of byssal threads decreases growth of a marine mussel

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Still, even at this fine scale, immigration should differ strongly between spider groups with different behaviour. We based our high-middle-and low-mobility groups on a combination of hunting behaviour and ballooning ability, assuming that highly active hunters able to do ballooning would be most likely to perform bridging and move freely through the canopy (Asakura & Miller, 2014;Bonte et al, 2012Bonte et al, , 2016De Meester & Bonte, 2010).…”

Section: Links Between Mobility and Foraging Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Predator avoidance and searching for mates are probable triggering factors for short-distance dispersal events such as bridging (Aceves-Aparicio, Tapia-McClung, Macías-Ordóñez, & Rao, 2018;Bonte et al, 2009Bonte et al, , 2016 and wandering hunters are more likely to encounter predators (i.e. ants) than web builders (Gunnarsson & Wiklander, 2015;Mestre et al, 2014).…”

Section: Links Between Mobility and Foraging Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ballooning is a long-range aerial dispersion behaviour which depends on specific weather conditions (such as wind speed and air temperature) and is assumed to be restricted to the earlier life stages (Bonte et al, 2009;Foelix, 2011), although some exceptions occur (Schneider, Roos, Lubin, & Henschel, 2001). Bridging is a short-range mobility strategy to cross gaps between microhabitat structures (Asakura & Miller, 2014;De Meester & Bonte, 2010), and unlike ballooning, this means of locomotion is not restricted to juveniles (Bonte, Verduyn, & Braeckman, 2016). Since both strategies share the same behavioural and physiological bases, one could expect that those spiders that do ballooning are also capable of bridging.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Island‐biogeographic patterns of spider communities on epiphytes depend on differential space use among functional groups

Méndez‐Castro

Mendieta‐Leiva

Rao

et al. 2020

Journal of Biogeography

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Aim: Positive relationships between island size and species richness have been found for oceanic and non-oceanic islands. However, the effect of isolation, also predicted by island-biogeographical theory, seems challenging to test. Species-specific mechanisms drive the perception of distance and space for animals, and therefore isolation patterns are masked when described at the community level. We used epiphytic plants (canopy islands) and their spider communities to study how functional group and species-specific use of space modifies the effect of island-level predictors on species richness.Location: A coffee plantation near Xalapa, Mexico.Taxon: Spiders (Araneae), vascular epiphytes (Bromeliaceae, Piperaceae, Orchidaceae, Araceae, Pteridophyta). Methods:We collected canopy islands from three trees and recorded their three-dimensional position. Afterwards, we collected all epiphyte-dwelling spiders. We used Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) to analyse the effect of island size and isolation on the species richness of spider communities and community subgroups (guilds, mobility groups and families). Isolation was calculated using two metrics (aerial and walking distances) associated with different ways of mobility in the canopy (bridging and wandering respectively). We evaluated species-level associations with island features and tested for sample-size effects on GLMs using null-model analysis of ecological networks.Results: Although unimportant at the community level, isolation was more important than island size for some spider subgroups, while having negligible effects for others. Speciesspecific responses to isolation and island size were responsible for the variability in species richness patterns observed for broader subgroups (families, guilds and mobility groups).Specific responses of mobility groups to isolation metrics were in line with two ways of moving between islands; one using tree branches as pathways (walking isolation) and the other using silk threads to connect points directly across the air (aerial isolation). Main conclusions:Spatial patterns of epiphyte-dwelling spiders were explained better when functional traits were considered, and the effect of isolation became This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. is interested in functional biogeography of spiders living in plant microhabitats. He is interested in behavioural and physiological traits driving the perception of distance and isolation. Glenda Mendieta-Leiva studies ecological and biogeographical aspects of epiphyte biology. Dinesh Rao works with behavioural ecology of spiders and is interested in the ecological drivers of their spatial distribution. Maaike Y. Bader studies ecological and ecophysiological mechanisms determining the spatial distribution of plants, in particular epiphytes, bryophytes and trees near alpine tree...

show abstract

“…Web relocation is costly because the spider has to spend a lot of energy to build new webs after relocation (Blackledge and Wenzel 1999, Thomas et al 2003, Bonte et al 2016). For example, it has been reported that during web relocation, linyphiid spiders produce silk threads for distances of up to several hundred meters prior to ballooning (Thomas et al 2003).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Web decoration is important in mediating foraging site fidelity as well as prey supplement and predation risk in an orb‐web spider

Gong

Hua

Mao

et al. 2023

Oikos

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Animals may consider both biotic and abiotic factors in foraging site choice. Among the biotic factors, food availability and predation risk are two widely reported important factors in determining foraging site fidelity. Their earlier investments, such as those retreat-building species' efforts in retreats construction, however, have been largely ignored. The orb-web spider Cyclosa monticola constructs a long column of masquerading detritus decoration in its web for predator avoidance purpose. This detritus decoration also functions as a retreat. However, the role of the detritus decoration for its foraging site fidelity is unknown. By manipulating three factors, presence of detritus decoration, prey availability and predation risk to the spider webs in the field, we show that the self-constructed detritus decoration is as important as prey availability and predation risk in mediating foraging site fidelity. In addition, the web area also has a significant impact to the foraging site fidelity of the spider, those with larger webs were more likely to leave after being manipulated. However, other factors such as spider body size, decoration length and rain all have no significant impact. Our study may strengthen the current understanding of the movement and foraging of animals, especially those building retreats.

show abstract

Life history trade-offs imposed by dragline use in two money spiders

Cited by 4 publications

References 43 publications

Resource allocation to a structural biomaterial: Induced production of byssal threads decreases growth of a marine mussel

Resource allocation to a structural biomaterial: Induced production of byssal threads decreases growth of a marine mussel

Island‐biogeographic patterns of spider communities on epiphytes depend on differential space use among functional groups

Web decoration is important in mediating foraging site fidelity as well as prey supplement and predation risk in an orb‐web spider

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About