Ecomorphological variation of the wireworm cephalic capsule: studying the interaction of environment and geometric shape.

Studying the association between organismal morphology and environmental conditions has been very useful to test hypothesis regarding the influence of climate on shape. It has been long recognized that different environments produce dissimilar stress levels in insects, which can be reflected on the...

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Autores principales:	Hugo A Benítez, Thomas Püschel, Darija Lemic, Maja Čačija, Antonela Kozina, Renata Bažok
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f6146b8414ad4fe2a791661afb44679f2021-11-25T06:09:23ZEcomorphological variation of the wireworm cephalic capsule: studying the interaction of environment and geometric shape.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0102059https://doaj.org/article/f6146b8414ad4fe2a791661afb44679f2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25003506/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Studying the association between organismal morphology and environmental conditions has been very useful to test hypothesis regarding the influence of climate on shape. It has been long recognized that different environments produce dissimilar stress levels in insects, which can be reflected on the ability of an individual to overcome these pressures and spread further. Agriotes (Coleoptera: Elateridae) species infest agricultural fields in different parts of Croatia, inhabiting different climatic conditions. Previous biological studies have indicated that there is a relationship between some Agriotes biological parameters such as density and climatic conditions such as soil moisture and temperature. However, it is still unknown how these environmental properties influence the wireworm morphological structure. This is highly relevant because the head of this species is directly involved in the mobility in the soil, thus affecting the invasive capacity of this insect. Therefore the aim of this study was to assess the association between different climatic conditions and the morphological variation of Agriotes cephalic capsule. Advanced multivariate analysis and geometric morphometric tool were applied to study the covariation between shape and environmental variables. Partial Least Squares methods were used in order to analyse the association between the wireworm head shape and three different climatic conditions: soil type, temperature and rainfall. Our results showed that there is a high covariation between the wireworm head shape and the climatic conditions. It was suggested that the observed shape-environment association could be result of the high plasticity of this species in relation to its invasive capacity.Hugo A BenítezThomas PüschelDarija LemicMaja ČačijaAntonela KozinaRenata BažokPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 7, p e102059 (2014)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Hugo A Benítez Thomas Püschel Darija Lemic Maja Čačija Antonela Kozina Renata Bažok Ecomorphological variation of the wireworm cephalic capsule: studying the interaction of environment and geometric shape.
description	Studying the association between organismal morphology and environmental conditions has been very useful to test hypothesis regarding the influence of climate on shape. It has been long recognized that different environments produce dissimilar stress levels in insects, which can be reflected on the ability of an individual to overcome these pressures and spread further. Agriotes (Coleoptera: Elateridae) species infest agricultural fields in different parts of Croatia, inhabiting different climatic conditions. Previous biological studies have indicated that there is a relationship between some Agriotes biological parameters such as density and climatic conditions such as soil moisture and temperature. However, it is still unknown how these environmental properties influence the wireworm morphological structure. This is highly relevant because the head of this species is directly involved in the mobility in the soil, thus affecting the invasive capacity of this insect. Therefore the aim of this study was to assess the association between different climatic conditions and the morphological variation of Agriotes cephalic capsule. Advanced multivariate analysis and geometric morphometric tool were applied to study the covariation between shape and environmental variables. Partial Least Squares methods were used in order to analyse the association between the wireworm head shape and three different climatic conditions: soil type, temperature and rainfall. Our results showed that there is a high covariation between the wireworm head shape and the climatic conditions. It was suggested that the observed shape-environment association could be result of the high plasticity of this species in relation to its invasive capacity.
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author	Hugo A Benítez Thomas Püschel Darija Lemic Maja Čačija Antonela Kozina Renata Bažok
author_facet	Hugo A Benítez Thomas Püschel Darija Lemic Maja Čačija Antonela Kozina Renata Bažok
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title	Ecomorphological variation of the wireworm cephalic capsule: studying the interaction of environment and geometric shape.
title_short	Ecomorphological variation of the wireworm cephalic capsule: studying the interaction of environment and geometric shape.
title_full	Ecomorphological variation of the wireworm cephalic capsule: studying the interaction of environment and geometric shape.
title_fullStr	Ecomorphological variation of the wireworm cephalic capsule: studying the interaction of environment and geometric shape.
title_full_unstemmed	Ecomorphological variation of the wireworm cephalic capsule: studying the interaction of environment and geometric shape.
title_sort	ecomorphological variation of the wireworm cephalic capsule: studying the interaction of environment and geometric shape.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/f6146b8414ad4fe2a791661afb44679f
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Ecomorphological variation of the wireworm cephalic capsule: studying the interaction of environment and geometric shape.

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