Lichen chemistry and selective grazing by the coleopteran Lasioderma serricorne |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy;2. Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Bloco C2, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal;3. Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84523 Bratislava, Slovakia;4. Regional Agency for Environmental Protection – ARPA Molise, Via Petrella 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy;1. Department of Biological Sciences, The State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, USA;2. Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA;1. Department of Polar Research and Documentation, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Kopernika 27, 31-501 Kraków, Poland;2. Department of Plant Taxonomy, Phytogeography and Herbarium, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Kopernika 27, 31-501 Kraków, Poland;1. Program in Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand;2. Center of Excellence in Entomology, Bee Biology, Biodiversity of Insects and Mites, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand;3. Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand |
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| Abstract: | Part of the Lichenological Herbarium of the University of Trieste (TSB) was infested by Lasioderma serricorne, a polyphagus coleopteran. 1440 samples of 50 lichen species with different chemistry (Parmelia s.lat., Physcia s.lat.) were analyzed in order to assess whether the lichen diet of the insect was species- and especially lichen-chemistry-selective. Multivariate analysis indicates a significant negative correlation between the presence of some lichen substances and grazing phenomena. Atranorin, calcium oxalate, fumarprotocetraric acid, gyrophoric acid, lecanoric acid, skyrin, usnic acid and zeorin play an antiherbivorous role. |
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