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Plant metabolites modulate social networks and lifespan in a sawfly

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By Pragya Singh, Leon Brueggemann, Steven Janz, Yasmina Saidi
| British Ecological Society (Wiley)
1 INTRODUCTION Social interactions are widespread in animals and lead to the emergence of diverse social networks, from nominally to highly interactive (Frank, 2007; Krause et al., 2015). Such interactions can range from mating to agonistic. A common aspect of networks constructed on social interactions, i.e. animal social networks, is skewness in the number of interactions individuals have (Fisher et al., 2019; Gartland et al., 2022; Krause et al., 2015).
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Plant metabolites modulate animal social networks and lifespan

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By Pragya Singh, Leon Brueggemann, Steven Janz, Yasmina Saidi
| BioRxiv
Abstract Social interactions influence disease spread, information flow, and resource allocation across species, yet heterogeneity in social interaction frequency and its fitness consequences remain poorly understood. Additionally, animals can utilize plant metabolites for purposes beyond nutrition, but whether that shapes social networks is unclear. Here, we investigated how non-nutritive plant metabolites impact social interactions and the lifespan of the turnip sawfly, Athalia rosae.
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Plant metabolites modulate animal social networks and lifespan

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By Pragya Singh, Leon Brueggemann, Steven Janz, Yasmina Saidi
| BioRxiv
Abstract Social interactions are prevalent in animals, with some individuals participating in more interactions than others. However, the mechanisms underlying this heterogeneity in social interaction frequency and its potential fitness consequences remain poorly characterized. Here, we examine the effects of non-nutritive plant metabolites ("clerodanoids") on social networks and lifespan in the turnip sawfly. The adult sawflies facultatively acquire clerodanoids from non-host plant species.
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