scholarly journals Great tits ( Parus major ) flexibly learn that herbivore‐induced plant volatiles indicate prey location: An experimental evidence with two tree species

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Sam ◽  
Eliska Kovarova ◽  
Inga Freiberga ◽  
Henriette Uthe ◽  
Alexander Weinhold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Plant Volatiles ◽  
Parus Major ◽  
Induced Plant Volatiles ◽  
Prey Location ◽  
Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles

scholarly journals Great Tits Learn Odors and Colors Equally Well, and Show No Predisposition for Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Rubene ◽  
Utku Urhan ◽  
Velemir Ninkovic ◽  
Anders Brodin
Keyword(s):  
Plant Volatiles ◽  
Visual Cues ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Parus Major ◽  
Insectivorous Birds ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
Induced Plant Volatiles ◽  
Learning Speed ◽  
Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles ◽  
Good Learning

Ability to efficiently localize productive foraging habitat is crucial for nesting success of insectivorous birds. Some bird species can use olfaction to identify caterpillar-infested trees by detection of herbivore induced plant volatiles (HIPVs), but these cues probably need to be learned. So far, we know very little about the process of olfactory learning in birds, whether insectivorous species have a predisposition for detecting and learning HIPVs, due to the high ecological significance of these odors, and how olfaction is integrated with vision in making foraging decisions. In a standardized setup, we tested whether 35 wild-caught great tits (Parus major) show any preference for widely abundant HIPVs compared to neutral (non-induced) plant odors, how fast they learn to associate olfactory, visual and multimodal foraging cues with food, and whether the olfactory preferences and learning speed were influenced by bird sex or habitat (urban or rural). We also tested how fast birds switch to a new cue of the same modality. Great tits showed no initial preference for HIPVs compared to neutral odors, and they learned all olfactory cues at a similar pace, except for methyl salicylate (MeSA), which they learned more slowly. We also found no differences in learning speeds between visual, olfactory and multimodal foraging cues, but birds learned the second cue they were offered faster than the first one. Bird sex or habitat had no effect on learning speed or olfactory preference, but urban birds tended to learn visual cues more slowly. We conclude that insectivorous birds utilize olfactory and visual cues with similar efficiency in foraging, and that they probably don‘t have any special predisposition toward the tested HIPVs. These results confirm that great tits are flexible foragers with good learning abilities.

scholarly journals Experienced, but not naïve, birds use herbivore-induced plant volatiles to locate prey, learning one tree species at a time.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Sam ◽  
Eliska Kovarova ◽  
Inga Freiberga ◽  
Henriette Uthe ◽  
Alexander Weinhold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Plant Volatiles ◽  
Induced Plant Volatiles ◽  
Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles

Ozone Degrades Common Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles: Does This Affect Herbivore Prey Location by Predators and Parasitoids?

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 683-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delia M. Pinto ◽  
James D. Blande ◽  
Riikka Nykänen ◽  
Wen-Xia Dong ◽  
Anne-Marja Nerg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Volatiles ◽  
Induced Plant Volatiles ◽  
Prey Location ◽  
Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles

Herbivore-induced plant volatiles do not affect settling decisions by synanthropic spiders

Chemoecology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Fischer ◽  
Signe MacLennan ◽  
Regine Gries ◽  
Gerhard Gries
Keyword(s):  
Plant Volatiles ◽  
Induced Plant Volatiles ◽  
Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles

Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles Can Serve as Host Location Cues for a Generalist and a Specialist Egg Parasitoid

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 1304-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. G. V. Peñaflor ◽  
M. Erb ◽  
L. A. Miranda ◽  
A. G. Werneburg ◽  
J. M. S. Bento
Keyword(s):  
Plant Volatiles ◽  
Host Location ◽  
Egg Parasitoid ◽  
Induced Plant Volatiles ◽  
Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles

Evolution of herbivore-induced plant volatiles

Oikos ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arne Janssen ◽  
Maurice W. Sabelis ◽  
Jan Bruin
Keyword(s):  
Plant Volatiles ◽  
Induced Plant Volatiles ◽  
Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles

scholarly journals Hyperparasitoids exploit herbivore-induced plant volatiles during host location to assess host quality and non-host identity

Oecologia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 189 (3) ◽  
pp. 699-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonino Cusumano ◽  
Jeffrey A. Harvey ◽  
Marcel Dicke ◽  
Erik H. Poelman
Keyword(s):  
Plant Volatiles ◽  
Host Location ◽  
Host Quality ◽  
Induced Plant Volatiles ◽  
Host Identity ◽  
Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles
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