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Evaluation of competition between a native and an invasive hornet species: do seasonal phenologies overlap?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2015

K. Monceau ,
N. Maher ,
O. Bonnard  and
D. Thiéry
K. Monceau
Affiliation:
INRA, UMR 1065 Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble, ISVV, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France Université de Bordeaux, UMR 1065 Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France
N. Maher
Affiliation:
INRA, UMR 1065 Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble, ISVV, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France Université de Bordeaux, UMR 1065 Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France
O. Bonnard
Affiliation:
INRA, UMR 1065 Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble, ISVV, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France Université de Bordeaux, UMR 1065 Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France
D. Thiéry*
Affiliation:
INRA, UMR 1065 Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble, ISVV, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France Université de Bordeaux, UMR 1065 Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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Abstract

One common dogma in ecology is based on the competitive exclusion principle. Hence, competition is often considered to be one of the primary determinants of the structure and functioning of ecosystems. In this paper, we investigate how the native Vespa crabro and the recently introduced Vespa velutina show some degree of niche differentiation that potentially minimizes their interspecific competition, the two dimensions investigated here being seasonal activity patterns and preferences for food. These two species share common characteristics: they are closely related, live in the same areas, belong to the same guild (predators), exploit the same kind of food sources, and exhibit a similar annual life cycle. Considering all these similarities, interspecific competition may occur if the two species exhibit identical seasonal phenologies. Our data show that their seasonal phenologies overlap to some extent probably due to biological constraints common to Vespinae. The shifts in time observed here allow the hornet species to not directly compete for food sources at the same time. It does not however exclude indirect competition, especially in a ‘first-come, first-served’ fashion.

Keywords

interspecific competitionpredator facilitationsynergistic predationtemporal niche overlapVespinae
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 105 , Issue 4 , August 2015 , pp. 462 - 469
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