Impacts of environmental variability on desiccation rate, plastic responses and population dynamics of Glossina pallidipes

摘要: Physiological responses to transient conditions may result in costly with little fitness benefits, and therefore, a trade-off must exist between the speed of response duration exposure new conditions. Here, using puparia an important insect disease vector, Glossina pallidipes, we examine this potential novel combination experimental approach population dynamics model. Specifically, explore dissect interactions plastic physiological responses, treatment-duration -intensity approach. We then integrate these results from organismal water-balance data their into model relative effects simulated weather on growth rates. The show evidence for predicted plasticity water loss rate (WLR) environmental When altered lasted longer durations, could match conditions, resulted lower WLR rates decline. At shorter time-scales however, mismatch acclimation was reflected by reduced overall This indicate cost due insufficient time adjustments take place. outcomes work therefore suggest balance have both costs depend time-scale magnitude variation These are significant understanding evolution changes abundance context variability.