Metapopulation genetic structure of two coexisting parasitoids of the Glanville fritillary butterfly

M Kankare; S van Nouhuys; O Gaggiotti; I Hanski

doi:10.1007/s00442-004-1782-1

Metapopulation genetic structure of two coexisting parasitoids of the Glanville fritillary butterfly

M Kankare^*, S van Nouhuys, O Gaggiotti, I Hanski

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Abstract

We investigated the metapopulation genetic structure of two specialist parasitoids, Cotesia melitaearum and Hyposoter horticola, attacking the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) in the Aaland Islands south-western Finland. The host butterfly persists as a classic metapopulation in a network of 4,000 small habitat patches within an area of 50 by 70 km . The two parasitoids are known to differ greatly in their population dynamics and spatial pattern of occupancy in local host populations. Analysis of genetic population structure using F-ST and clustering of multilocus genotypes revealed a distinct large-scale spatial structure in C. melitaearum but a very weak pattern in H. horticola. This result is consistent with the known difference in the dispersal range (much longer in H. horticola) and population size (much greater in H. horticola) of the two parasitoids.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	77-84
Number of pages	8
Journal	Oecologia
Volume	143
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-004-1782-1
Publication status	Published - Mar 2005

Keywords

CINXIA
FLOW
BRACONIDAE
BEHAVIOR
spatial structure
Cotesia
dispersal
MICROSATELLITE LOCI
Hyposoter
GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE
LANDSCAPE
POPULATION-STRUCTURE
HYMENOPTERA
Melitaea cinxia
COTESIA-MELITAEARUM

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Metapopulation genetic structure of two coexisting parasitoids of the Glanville fritillary butterfly

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