Arboreal Ant Assemblages Respond Differently to Food Source and Vegetation Physiognomies: a Study in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest

被引:0
作者
Resende, J. J. [1 ]
Peixoto, P. E. C. [1 ]
Silva, E. N. [1 ]
Delabie, J. H. C. [2 ,3 ]
Santos, G. M. M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Estadual Feira de Santana, BR-44036900 Feira De Santana, BA, Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Santa Cruz CEPLAC CEPEC, Ilheus, BA, Brazil
[3] CEPLAC Ctr Pesquisas Cacau, Itabuna, BA, Brazil
来源
SOCIOBIOLOGY | 2013年 / 60卷 / 02期
关键词
Habitat preference; resource preference; matrix quality; Formicidae; Community Ecology; ESTIMATING SPECIES RICHNESS; HYMENOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; COMMUNITY; STOICHIOMETRY; DIVERSITY; PATTERNS; BAHIA;
D O I
暂无
中图分类号
Q96 [昆虫学];
学科分类号
摘要
This study aimed to analyze assemblages of arboreal ants in different vegetation physiognomies within the Tropical Moist Forest (Atlantic Rain Forest) domain. The study was carried out at the Michelin Ecological Reserve, State of Bahia, Northeast of Brazil. We used sardine (protein resource) and honey (carbohydrate resource) baits to collect ants foraging in three vegetation types: (1) preserved native forest, (2) forest in regeneration (capoeira) with many invasive plants and (3) a mixed agroystem of rubber and cocoa tree plantation. We recorded 69 ant species attracted to the baits, 21 of them exclusive to honey bait and 25 exclusive to the sardine baits. The vegetation physiognomies preserved forest and rubber/cacao agrosystem showed higher species richness in relation to the forest in regeneration (capoeira), suggesting that rubber tree plantations can be a good matrix for the maintenance of some ant species typical of the forest matrix. The type of resource used is important for the structuring of the arboreal ant assemblages. The ants that were attracted to protein resources showed a guild composition that is more differentiated between vegetation types that of ants attracted to glucose resources.
引用
收藏
页码:174 / 182
页数:9
相关论文
共 49 条
  • [21] Arboreal ants as key predators in tropical lowland rainforest trees
    Floren, A
    Biun, A
    Linsenmair, KE
    [J]. OECOLOGIA, 2002, 131 (01) : 137 - 144
  • [22] Freitas AVL, 2004, METODOS ESTUDOS BIOL, P125
  • [23] Response of the Ant Community to Attributes of Fragments and Vegetation in a Northeastern Atlantic Rain Forest Area, Brazil
    Gomes, Juliana P.
    Iannuzzi, Luciana
    Leal, Inara R.
    [J]. NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 2010, 39 (06) : 898 - 905
  • [24] SOME EFFECTS OF VEGETATION COVER AND DISTURBANCE ON A TROPICAL ANT FAUNA
    GREENSLADE, PJM
    GREENSLADE, P
    [J]. INSECTES SOCIAUX, 1977, 24 (02) : 163 - 182
  • [25] Linking nutrition and behavioural dominance: carbohydrate scarcity limits aggression and activity in Argentine ants
    Grover, Crystal D.
    Kay, Adam D.
    Monson, Jessica A.
    Marsh, Thomas C.
    Holway, David A.
    [J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2007, 274 (1628) : 2951 - 2957
  • [26] Hashimoto Y, 2010, SOCIOBIOLOGY, V56, P435
  • [27] ESTIMATING SPECIES RICHNESS USING THE JACKKNIFE PROCEDURE
    HELTSHE, JF
    FORRESTER, NE
    [J]. BIOMETRICS, 1983, 39 (01) : 1 - 11
  • [28] Holldobler B., 1990, pi
  • [29] Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Prenolepis genus-group of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
    LaPolla, John S.
    Brady, Sean G.
    Shattuck, Steven O.
    [J]. SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY, 2010, 35 (01) : 118 - 131
  • [30] Effects of habitat complexity on ant assemblages
    Lassau, SA
    Hochuli, DF
    [J]. ECOGRAPHY, 2004, 27 (02) : 157 - 164