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-This constitutes a kleptoparasitic interaction: when individuals of one species steal food from the other species. Although difficult to quantify, this interaction may affect negatively the sundews, diminishing their reproductive potential or even killing individuals.
+This constitutes a kleptoparasitic interaction: when individuals of one species steal food itens gathered from individuals of other species. Although difficult to quantify, this interaction may affect negatively the sundews, diminishing their reproductive potential or even killing individuals.
-On the other side, syrphid larvae are known to have low dispersal capacity, making the choice of oviposition location very important. Although //T. basalis// females have not been observed during oviposition, it is thought that they land directly on the sundews to deposit their eggs, making them vulnerable to getting stuck on the sticky traps.
+On the other side, since it is thought that the kleptoparasitic interaction is obligatory for //T. basalis//, and because syrphid larvae are known to have low dispersal capacity, then the choice of oviposition location by females is very important. Although //T. basalis// females have not been observed during oviposition, it is thought that they land directly on the sundews to deposit their eggs, making them vulnerable to getting stuck on the sticky traps.
 ===== Assignment =====
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 Build a mathematical model that incorporates the effects of the kleptoparasitism by the larvae and the carnivory of adult flies by the sundews.
-===== Questions & Suggestions =====
+===== Suggested questions =====
   * How susceptible to the lack of nutrients from prey need the sundews be for the kleptoparasitism to threaten its population persistence?
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   * How does the theft intensity, either by the population size of the flies or by the stealing efficiency of the larvae, affects the system? How does it relate to the susceptibility and the retention capacity of the sundews?
-==== Challenge ====
+Further well-grounded questions from the group are welcome.
-  * What if the adult flies also act as pollinators?
 ===== References =====
-Fleischmann, A., Rivadavia, F., Gonella, P. M., Pérez-Bañón, C., Mengual, X., & Rojo, S. (2016). Where is my food? Brazilian flower fly steals prey from carnivorous sundews in a newly discovered plant-animal interaction. PloS one, 11(5), e0153900.
+Fleischmann, A., Rivadavia, F., Gonella, P. M., Pérez-Bañón, C., Mengual, X., & Rojo, S. (2016). Where is my food? Brazilian flower fly steals prey from carnivorous sundews in a newly discovered plant-animal interaction. PloS one, 11(5), e0153900. [[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0153900]]