Maurice W. Sabelis
University of Amsterdam
366 Papers
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Maurice W. Sabelis is an academic researcher from University of Amsterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Predation & Population. The author has an hindex of 78, co-authored 366 publications. Previous affiliations of Maurice W. Sabelis include Leiden University.
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Plant structural changes due to herbivory : Do changes in Aceria-infested coconut fruits allow predatory mites to move under the perianth?
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that the structure of the coconut fruit perianth is changed in response to damage by eriophyoid mites and as a result predatory mites are better able to enter under theperianth of infested coconut fruits.
Herbivore-Specific, Density-Dependent Induction of Plant Volatiles: Honest or “Cry Wolf” Signals?
Kaori Shiojiri,Rika Ozawa,Soichi Kugimiya,Masayoshi Uefune,Michiel P. van Wijk,Maurice W. Sabelis,Junji Takabayashi +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that seedlings of a cabbage variety (Brassica oleracea var. capitata, cv Shikidori) also show such a response to the density of cabbage white (Pieris rapae) larvae and attract more (naive) parasitoids (Cotesia glomerata) when there are more herbivores on the plant.
Limits to runaway sexual selection: the wallflower paradox
TL;DR: In his mathematical treatment of Fisher's ideas on sexual selection (so‐called runaway selection) Lande (1981) predicted that males may evolve increasingly elaborate sexual characters despite opposing viability selection as a consequence of the associated costs.
Evolutionary ecology: life history patterns, food plant choice and dispersal
Maurice W. Sabelis,Jan Bruin +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter presents testable hypotheses that are of particular relevance to eriophyoid mites that are formulated using the theory of natural selection and population dynamics and they are based on a minimum number of assumptions that are thought to characterize the conditions under which food choice, life history, and dispersal of eriophagous mites are moulded by selection.