9 0.24 1.8 0.17 24.3 2.34 1.9 0.33   Gotland 113 1.65 0.19 1.2

0.17 17.7 2.06 1.2 0.26   K-31 99 1.1 0.14 selleck 0.96 0.12 13.9 1.78 0.8 0.14   Sweden 115 1.6 0.17 1.4 0.13 18.4 2.10 1.3 0.18 c       Herbivorous Diptera Detritivorous Diptera Coleoptera Treatment Plant origin n mean SE mean SE mean SE C Åland 30 2.8 0.47 1.0 0.25 0.3 0.10 Gotland 29 3.3 0.60 1.2 0.25 0.3 0.11 K-31 29 3.1 0.44 0.9 0.20 0.4 0.15 Sweden 30 3.6 0.32 1.0 0.26 0.4 0.12 W Åland 28 2.9 0.53 1.8 0.39 0.5 0.15 Gotland 30 1.9 0.31 2.0 0.37 0.4 0.09 K-31 30 2.7 0.45 1.0 0.25 0.5 0.16 Sweden 30 3.1 0.64 1.6 0.35 0.7 0.22 N Åland 30 2.9 0.47 1.1 0.22 2.2 0.58 Gotland 26 2.8 0.40 1.2 0.31 1.7 0.40 K-31 19 2.6 0.63 1.1 0.27 1.7 0.45 Sweden 28 2.8 0.44 1.3 0.27 1.7 0.33 WN Åland 30 6.1 0.76 3.9 0.72 4.5 1.00 Gotland 28 3.6 0.65 2.2 0.52 2.7 0.89 K-31 21 2.2 0.71 1.4 0.38 1.0 0.33 Sweden 27 3.3 0.71 2.6 0.37 2.4 0.53 Fig. 1 The effects of endophyte status (E+, E-, and ME-) and water and nutrient treatments (W, N, WN, and C) on the total number of herbivores (a) and detritivores (b) Plant origin significantly affected the abundances of detritivorous Diptera, Hymenoptera, Collembola and Coleoptera (Table 2), as their mean abundances was highest on plants collected from Åland and lowest on the cultivar “Kentucky 31” in all groups (Table 4b). This indicates https://www.selleckchem.com/products/pci-32765.html differences Elacridar order in resistance among plant genotypes

in different environments. Plant size appears to be positively related to invertebrate abundance. Plant biomass explained significantly the numbers of herbivorous, detrivorous and parasitic dipterans, spiders (Araneae), and mites (Acari) (Table 2), and the abundances of these taxa were positively Thiamine-diphosphate kinase correlated with plant size except in the case of parasitic dipterans (herbivorous Diptera: n = 445, r = 0.21, p = <0.0001; detritivorous: n = 445, r = 0.26, p = <0.0001; parasitic Diptera: n = 445, r = 0.06, p = <0.2035; Collembola: n = 445, r = 0.24, p = <0.0001; Araneae: n = 445, r = 0.13, p = 0.0074). Likewise, the total number of both herbivores and detritivores positively correlated with plant biomass (Herbivores: n = 445, r = 0.22, p = <0.0001; detritivores: n = 445, r = 0.26, p = <0.0001). Invertebrate richness Invertebrate richness followed the same trends as taxonomic groups.