Fluctuating Asymmetry as a Method of Assessing Environmental Stress in Two Predatory Carabid Species within Mediterranean Agroecosystems

Ivanković Tatalović, Lara; Anđelić, Barbara; Jelić, Mišel; Kos, Tomislav; Benítez, Hugo; Šerić Jelaska, Lucija

doi:10.3390/sym12111890

Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 1091973

Fluctuating Asymmetry as a Method of Assessing Environmental Stress in Two Predatory Carabid Species within Mediterranean Agroecosystems

Ivanković Tatalović, Lara; Anđelić, Barbara; Jelić, Mišel; Kos, Tomislav; Benítez, Hugo; Šerić Jelaska, Lucija

Fluctuating Asymmetry as a Method of Assessing Environmental Stress in Two Predatory Carabid Species within Mediterranean Agroecosystems // Symmetry, 12 (2020), 11; 1890, 17 doi:10.3390/sym12111890 (međunarodna recenzija, članak, znanstveni)

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Naslov
Fluctuating Asymmetry as a Method of Assessing Environmental Stress in Two Predatory Carabid Species within Mediterranean Agroecosystems

Autori
Ivanković Tatalović, Lara ; Anđelić, Barbara ; Jelić, Mišel ; Kos, Tomislav ; Benítez, Hugo ; Šerić Jelaska, Lucija

Izvornik
Symmetry (2073-8994) 12 (2020), 11; 1890, 17

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
agricultural practices ; body shape ; developmental instability ; geometric morphometrics ; pesticides

Sažetak
Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is used in assessing the effect of environmental stress on the development stability of individuals by measuring small random deviations from perfect bilateral symmetry. Here, we checked for FA on two predatory carabid beetles, Pterostichus melas and Poecilus koyi, in order to evaluate species response to agricultural practices within Mediterranean agroecosystems, as well as FA as a method. The samples were collected in vineyards and olive groves, both under integrated pest management (IPM) and ecological pest management (EPM), and in pristine habitats in the Mediterranean region of Croatia. Geometric morphometrics (GMMs) were used to analyze the pronotum and abdomen shape variations and left–right asymmetries of each population. In respect to the FA measurements, analyzed species responded differently, with P. koyi displaying a lower intensity of FA than P. melas. On the other hand, P. melas beetles from vineyards showed a higher intensity of FA compared with populations from pristine habitats and olive groves. Accordingly, FA pointed out olive groves as potentially less adverse habitats to predatory carabids, keeping in mind the different levels of asymmetry between the two species. Our study singled out P.melas as a more suitable species for further research, in the effect that different agricultural practices can have their impact on non-target invertebrates analyzed by measuring the FA.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Poljoprivreda (agronomija)

POVEZANOST RADA

Projekti:
HRZZ-UIP-2017-05-1046 - Neonikotinoidi i bakar u mediteranskoj poljoprivredi – učinci na neciljanu faunu beskralješnjaka kroz trofičke interakcije (MEDITERATRI) (Šerić Jelaska, Lucija, HRZZ - 2017-05) ( CroRIS)

Ustanove:
Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb,
Sveučilište u Zadru

Profili:

Lucija Šerić Jelaska (autor)