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SUBMITTER: Mutanen M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7187309 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mutanen Marko M Ovaskainen Otso O Várkonyi Gergely G Itämies Juhani J Prosser Sean W J SWJ Hebert Paul D N PDN Hanski Ilkka I
Ecology letters 20200323 5
It has been hypothesised that the 2-year oscillations in abundance of Xestia moths are mediated by interactions with 1-year Ophion parasitoid wasps. We tested this hypothesis by modelling a 35-year time series of Xestia and Ophion from Northern Finland. Additionally, we used DNA barcoding to ascertain the species diversity of Ophion and targeted amplicon sequencing of their gut contents to confirm their larval hosts. Modelling of the time-series data strongly supported the hypothesised host-para ...[more]