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Renyard A, Gooding C, Chalissery JM, Petrov J, Gries G. Effects of macro- and micro-nutrients on momentary and season-long feeding responses by select species of ants. Sci Rep 2024; 14:5727. [PMID: 38459134 PMCID: PMC10923885 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56133-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024] Open
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Few studies have investigated the relative contribution of specific nutrients to momentary and season-long foraging responses by ants. Using western carpenter ants, Camponotus modoc, and European fire ants, Myrmica rubra, as model species, we: (1) tested preferential consumption of various macro- and micro-nutrients; (2) compared consumption of preferred macro-nutrients; (3) investigated seasonal shifts (late May to mid-September) in nutrient preferences; and (4) tested whether nutrient preferences of C. modoc and M. rubra pertain to black garden ants, Lasius niger, and thatching ants, Formica aserva. In laboratory and field experiments, we measured nutrient consumption by weighing Eppendorf tubes containing aqueous nutrient solutions before and after feeding by ants. Laboratory colonies of C. modoc favored nitrogenous urea and essential amino acids (EAAs), whereas M. rubra colonies favored sucrose. Field colonies of C. modoc and M. rubra preferentially consumed EAAs and sucrose, respectively, with no sustained shift in preferred macro-nutrient over the course of the foraging season. The presence of a less preferred macro-nutrient in a nutrient blend did not diminish the blend's 'appeal' to foraging ants. Sucrose and EAAs singly and in combination were equally consumed by L. niger, whereas F. aserva preferred EAAs. Baits containing both sucrose and EAAs were consistently consumed by the ants studied in this project and should be considered for pest ant control.
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- Asim Renyard
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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Chen S, Xiao Y, Xiao Z, Ma D, Li J, Herrera-Ulloa A. Prediction of suitable habitat shifts and assessment of ecological niche overlaps for three Tridentiger species with intertidal and subtidal characteristics under future climate changes. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 198:115827. [PMID: 37995593 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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To show how dramatic global climate change affects marine ecosystem species in different habitats. We used a joint species distribution model (SDM) and an ecological niche model (ENM) to investigate the suitable habitat shifts and ecological niche overlaps of the Tridentiger fishes. In the present study, the SDM results showed that 5 hotspots were identified for T. trigonocephalus and T. barbatus, and 4 hotspots for T. bifasciatus. The study on center-of-mass transfer revealed notable reductions in the habitual range of the three Tridentiger species with future climate change and no significant bipolar shifts in the center of mass. The ENM results indicated that T. trigonocephalus and T. barbatus exhibited the greatest ecological niche overlap with Schoener's D (D) and Hellinger-based I (I) values of 0.4719 and 0.7690, respectively. Both SDM and ENM results have suggested that T. trigonocephalus occupied a wider distribution and greater adaptability to future climate change. This study sought to measure the variations in the effects of global climate change on marine species in different habitats. Our study first found that intertidal species with specific life histories may be more resilient to environmental change.
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- Shaohua Chen
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Qingdao Agricultural University, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China; Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China..
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China; Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.; Qingdao Agricultural University, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao, China..
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China; Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China; Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China..
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Salas-López A, Violle C, Munoz F, Menzel F, Orivel J. Effects of Habitat and Competition on Niche Partitioning and Community Structure in Neotropical Ants. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.863080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Competition for limited resources can yield two contrasting outcomes in community structure, namely, either (i) dominance of most competitive species (with functional convergence of the traits conferring this ability), or (ii) niche partitioning of species using distinct resources. In addition, varying resource availability in different environmental contexts is expected to yield varying community dynamics and composition between the contexts (habitat filtering). We addressed resource-based ant community structure in a tropical ecosystem. We expected ant species to display varying trophic preferences and foraging behaviors, allowing habitat selection and niche differentiation in ant assemblages. Furthermore, we expected habitat filtering to occur between open and forested areas in the landscape mosaic, and competition to further influence local species co-occurrence. We assessed resource use in nine ant assemblages distributed in two habitats (i.e., forests and croplands), devising two separate experiments using bait-traps to characterize ant species’ trophic preference (e.g., eating prey, seeds, sugars) and their ability to obtain a same resource in heterogeneous forms (e.g., on vegetation, litter, with variable amounts…). The majority of baits offered were rapidly exploited in the two habitats suggesting important resource limitations. Forest and cropland ant communities differed, however, in the proportions of resources exploited, suggesting different competitive pressures toward specific resources between habitats. Within each habitat, ants preferentially exploited the same resources, suggesting habitat filtering, but locally, interspecific resource partitioning resulted in a reduction of resource overlap compared to habitat scale. Our study provides evidence of the effects of habitat filtering and competition for resource in tropical ant community structure. Our findings also suggest that niche filtering and niche partitioning are co-variant forces determining the identity of the species present in local assemblages.
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Despland E, Lessard JP. Social predation by ants as a mortality source for an arboreal gregarious forest pest. Basic Appl Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2022.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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García‐Navas V, Sattler T, Schmid H, Ozgul A. Bird species co‐occurrence patterns in an alpine environment supports the stress‐gradient hypothesis. OIKOS 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.08588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Vicente García‐Navas
- Dept of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Univ. of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
- Dept of Integrative Ecology, Doñana Biological Station CSIC Seville Spain
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- Swiss Ornithological Inst. Sempach Switzerland
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- Dept of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Univ. of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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Engasser EL, Stone RL, Jameson ML. Habitat Associations of Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) Across a Full Annual Cycle. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 2021; 50:605-614. [PMID: 33751047 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvab011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Necrophagous insects play an important role in decomposition and nutrient recycling of decomposing vertebrates. Ecological studies of carrion-associated beetles enhance forensic investigations by providing information about community assemblages and predictable patterns of succession. However, lack of standardized protocols that include replication, spatial scale, and phenology reduce detection of patterns and predictions. To address these gaps and examine the influence of habitat (woodlands vs grasslands) and abiotic factors on carrion beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) communities, we developed an experimental approach from broad to finer scale located within the Kansas Flint Hills across a full annual cycle (12 contiguous months). In total, 3,333 adult carrion beetles in nine species were collected from pitfall traps baited with rat carrion over thirteen 4-wk collecting periods. PERMANOVA and NMDS demonstrate that the silphid beetle community was significantly different in species composition between grassland and woodland habitats, but communities did not differ significantly in overall mean abundance, mean species richness, or mean species diversity. Two species exhibited strong habitat associations; one associated with grassland habitat (Nicrophorus marginatus F.) and one with woodland habitat (Nicrophorus orbicollis Say). Our results reveal that habitat associations of silphid beetles can be useful in forensic investigations by determining corpse relocation and in ecological studies that explore niche filtering.
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- Emmy L Engasser
- Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ, USA
- Wichita State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita, KS, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Biology, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Wichita State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita, KS, USA
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- Wichita State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita, KS, USA
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Ant Diversity and Community Composition in Alpine Tree Line Ecotones. INSECTS 2021; 12:insects12030219. [PMID: 33806366 PMCID: PMC8001821 DOI: 10.3390/insects12030219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Simple Summary Alpine grasslands are among the few terrestrial habitats not obviously dominated by ants. Yet few studies have addressed how ant communities change along tree-line ecotones on mountains. We combined five survey methods to assess ant assemblages along the tree line at five mountains in the south-central Alps of Italy. Ant species richness peaked directly at the tree line, but this was not due to a mixing of forest with grassland species. In subalpine forest and at the tree line, ant assemblages were dominated by mound-building red wood ants. Community composition and functional species traits indicated competition as a potential effect of community assembly in subalpine forest. Further, habitat features such as elevation, dwarf shrub cover, and the extent of a soil humus layer shaped species composition of ant communities around the tree line. Abstract Ants are crucial for the functioning of many terrestrial ecosystems, but detailed knowledge of their ecological role is often lacking. This is true for high mountains where a steep environmental gradient exists from mountainous forest, densely populated by ants, to grassland habitats above the tree line, harboring a sparse ant community. We assessed ant communities in and around the tree line ecotone on five slopes in the southern-central Alps, focusing on their species diversity, community composition, and functional dimensions. Species richness and functional diversity were highest directly at the ecotone. Ant community composition was shaped by elevation and shrub cover. Further, the abundance of the dominant mound-building red wood ants (Formica s. str.) influenced the community composition of the subordinate species. We conclude that over the tree line ecotone a shift in predominance from biotic limitations in the forest to abiotic filters in the alpine environment takes place.
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Ibarra‐Isassi J, Handa IT, Arenas‐Clavijo A, Escobar‐Ramírez S, Armbrecht I, Lessard J. Shade‐growing practices lessen the impact of coffee plantations on multiple dimensions of ant diversity. J Appl Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Javier Ibarra‐Isassi
- LalibertDepartment of Biology Concordia University Montréal QC Canada
- Québec Centre for Biodiversity SciencesStewart Biological Sciences Building Montréal QC Canada
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- Québec Centre for Biodiversity SciencesStewart Biological Sciences Building Montréal QC Canada
- Département des Sciences Biologiques Université du Québec à Montréal Montréal QC Canada
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- Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQColegio de Ciencias Biológicas y AmbientalesHerbario de Botánica Económica del Ecuador Quito Ecuador
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- Departamento de Biología Universidad del Valle Cali Colombia
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- LalibertDepartment of Biology Concordia University Montréal QC Canada
- Québec Centre for Biodiversity SciencesStewart Biological Sciences Building Montréal QC Canada
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Cho H, Tripathi BM, Moroenyane I, Takahashi K, Kerfahi D, Dong K, Adams JM. Soil pH rather than elevation determines bacterial phylogenetic community assembly on Mt. Norikura. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2020; 95:5145579. [PMID: 30371768 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiy216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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There is considerable interest in the factors which may explain variation in microbial community assembly processes. In this study, we investigated bacterial community assembly, phylogenetic diversity and the relative role of deterministic and stochastic processes along environmental gradients on Mt. Norikura, Japan. DNA extracted from soil samples collected at a range of elevations was PCR-amplified targeting the V3 and V4 regions of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene, and sequenced using Illumina MiSeq. We hypothesized that elevation would be a strong predictor of phylogenetic community assembly, with communities being more phylogenetically clustered towards higher elevations, due to more extreme physiological conditions. We also hypothesized a greater role of stochasticity at the highest elevations, due to more frequent soil disturbance. Contrary to our hypotheses, we found that the strength of phylogenetic clustering and the role of stochasticity were strongly related to soil pH, with phylogenetic clustering and deterministic processes being strongest at lower soil pH values. Moreover, there was no trend towards stronger influence of phylogenetic clustering and stochasticity in the upper elevations of Mt. Norikura. These results reveal an overwhelming influence of soil pH on phylogenetic community assembly of soil bacteria, even when a range of other environmental gradients are present.
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- Hyunjun Cho
- Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Incheon 21990, South Korea
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- Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Incheon 21990, South Korea
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, 531 boulevard de Prairies, Laval, Quebec, H7V 1B7, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Kyonggi University, Suwon 443-760, South Korea
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- Division of Agrifood and Environment, School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
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Neves K, Moura MR, Maravalhas J, Pacheco R, Pie MR, Schultz TR, Vasconcelos HL. Functional richness shows spatial scale dependency in Pheidole ant assemblages from Neotropical savannas. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:11734-11741. [PMID: 31695883 PMCID: PMC6822040 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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There is a growing recognition that spatial scale is important for understanding ecological processes shaping community membership, but empirical evidence on this topic is still scarce. Ecological processes such as environmental filtering can decrease functional differences among species and promote functional clustering of species assemblages, whereas interspecific competition can do the opposite. These different ecological processes are expected to take place at different spatial scales, with competition being more likely at finer scales and environmental filtering most likely at coarser scales. We used a comprehensive dataset on species assemblages of a dominant ant genus, Pheidole, in the Cerrado (savanna) biodiversity hotspot to ask how functional richness relates to species richness gradients and whether such relationships vary across spatial scales. Functional richness of Pheidole assemblages decreased with increasing species richness, but such relationship did not vary across different spatial scales. Species were more functionally dissimilar at finer spatial scales, and functional richness increased less than expected with increasing species richness. Our results indicate a tighter packing of the functional volume as richness increases and point out to a primary role for environmental filtering in shaping membership of Pheidole assemblages in Neotropical savannas. OPEN RESEARCH BADGES This article has been awarded Open Materials, Open Data, Preregistered Research Designs Badges. All materials and data are publicly accessible via the Open Science Framework at https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.31201jg.
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- Karen Neves
- Instituto de BiologiaUniversidade Federal UberlândiaUberlândiaMGBrazil
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- Instituto de BiologiaUniversidade Federal UberlândiaUberlândiaMGBrazil
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyYale UniversityNew HavenCTUSA
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- Instituto de BiologiaUniversidade Federal UberlândiaUberlândiaMGBrazil
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- Instituto de BiologiaUniversidade Federal UberlândiaUberlândiaMGBrazil
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- Departamento de ZoologiaUniversidade Federal do ParanáCuritibaPRBrazil
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- Department of EntomologyNational Museum of Natural HistorySmithsonian InstitutionWashingtonDCUSA
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Grevé ME, Houadria M, Andersen AN, Menzel F. Niche differentiation in rainforest ant communities across three continents. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:8601-8615. [PMID: 31410265 PMCID: PMC6686352 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A central prediction of niche theory is that biotic communities are structured by niche differentiation arising from competition. To date, there have been numerous studies of niche differentiation in local ant communities, but little attention has been given to the macroecology of niche differentiation, including the extent to which particular biomes show distinctive patterns of niche structure across their global ranges. We investigated patterns of niche differentiation and competition in ant communities in tropical rainforests, using different baits reflecting the natural food spectrum. We examined the extent of temporal and dietary niche differentiation and spatial segregation of ant communities at five rainforest sites in the neotropics, paleotropics, and tropical Australia. Despite high niche overlap, we found significant dietary and temporal niche differentiation in every site. However, there was no spatial segregation among foraging ants at the community level, despite strong competition for preferred food resources. Although sucrose, melezitose, and dead insects attracted most ants, some species preferentially foraged on seeds, living insects, or bird feces. Moreover, most sites harbored more diurnal than nocturnal species. Overall niche differentiation was strongest in the least diverse site, possibly due to its lower number of rare species. Both temporal and dietary differentiation thus had strong effects on the ant assemblages, but their relative importance varied markedly among sites. Our analyses show that patterns of niche differentiation in ant communities are highly idiosyncratic even within a biome, such that a mechanistic understanding of the drivers of niche structure in ant communities remains elusive.
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- Michael E. Grevé
- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution (IOME), Faculty of BiologyUniversity of MainzMainzGermany
- Animal Population Ecology, Animal Ecology I, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER)University of BayreuthBayreuthGermany
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- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution (IOME), Faculty of BiologyUniversity of MainzMainzGermany
- Biology Centre of Academy of Sciences and Faculty of Science, Institute of EntomologyUniversity of South BohemiaCeske BudejoviceCzech Republic
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- Tropical Ecosystems Research CentreCSIRO Ecosystem SciencesDarwinNorthern TerritoryAustralia
- Research Institute for the Environment and LivelihoodsCharles Darwin UniversityDarwinNorthern TerritoryAustralia
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- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution (IOME), Faculty of BiologyUniversity of MainzMainzGermany
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Wu Q, Du Y, Huang Z, Gu J, Leung JYS, Mai B, Xiao T, Liu W, Fu J. Vertical profile of soil/sediment pollution and microbial community change by e-waste recycling operation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 669:1001-1010. [PMID: 30970449 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The present study aims to assess the effect of electronic waste (e-waste) recycling on microbial community and the underlying modulation mechanism. Core soil/sediment samples were collected from an abandoned e-waste burning site and neighboring farmland/stream sites in Guiyu, China. High concentrations and health risks of toxic heavy metals, particularly, Sb and Sn, and halogenated flame retardants (HFRs), including decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) and decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) were mostly retained at the top surface layers of soils/sediments (0-30cm) after more than one year of natural vertical diffusion and microbe-facilitated biodegradation. Heavy metals, such as Ag, Cd, Cu, Pb, Sb, and Sn, played a critical role for the reduction of microbial diversity. This is the first study reporting the open burning of e-waste caused an obvious heat effect and enriched thermophilic/mesophilic microbes in local area. The acid washing during e-waste recycling process may result in the enrichment of acidophilic microbes. This investigation showed that e-waste processing operation resulted in not only severe pollution of the soils/sediments by various pollutants, but also reduction of microbial diversity that was difficult to self-store by the local ecosystem.
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- Qihang Wu
- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
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Dröse W, Podgaiski LR, Dias CF, Mendonça MDS. Local and regional drivers of ant communities in forest-grassland ecotones in South Brazil: A taxonomic and phylogenetic approach. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0215310. [PMID: 30973953 PMCID: PMC6459495 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Understanding biological community distribution patterns and their drivers across different scales is one of the major goals of community ecology in a rapidly changing world. Considering natural forest-grassland ecotones distributed over the south Brazilian region we investigated how ant communities are assembled locally, i.e. considering different habitats, and regionally, i.e. considering different physiographic regions. We used taxonomic and phylogenetic approaches to investigate diversity patterns and search for environmental/spatial drivers at each scale. We sampled ants using honey and tuna baits in forest and grassland habitats, in ecotones distributed at nine sites in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Overall, we found 85 ant species belonging to 23 genera and six subfamilies. At the local scale, we found forests and grasslands as equivalent in ant species and evolutionary history diversities, but considerably different in terms of species composition. In forests, the soil surface air temperature predicts foraging ant diversity. In grasslands, while the height of herbaceous vegetation reduces ant diversity, treelet density from forest expansion processes clearly increases it. At a regional scale, we did not find models that sufficiently explained ant taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity based on regional environmental variables. The variance in species composition, but not in evolutionary histories, across physiographic regions is driven by space and historical processes. Our findings unveil important aspects of ant community ecology in natural transition systems, indicating environmental filtering as an important process structuring the communities at the local scale, but mostly spatial processes acting at the regional scale.
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- William Dröse
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Rey C, Noguerales V, García-Navas V. Ecological and phenotypic divergence in Iberian shrews (Soricidae). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Claudia Rey
- Máster Universitario en Biodiversidad y Biología de la Conservación; Universidad Pablo de Olavide; Seville Spain
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- Grupo de Biodiversidad Genética y Cultural; Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC CSIC-UCLM-JCCM); Ciudad Real Spain
- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Cyprus; Nicosia Cyprus
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- Department of Integrative Ecology; Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD CSIC); Seville Spain
- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA); Université Grenoble Alpes; Grenoble France
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies; University of Zurich; Zürich Switzerland
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van Oudenhove L, Cerdá X, Bernstein C. Dominance-discovery and discovery-exploitation trade-offs promote diversity in ant communities. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0209596. [PMID: 30596700 PMCID: PMC6312297 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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In ant communities, species coexist by using different foraging strategies. We developed an adaptive dynamics model to gain a better understanding of the factors that promote the emergence and maintenance of strategy diversity. We analysed the consequences of both interspecific competition and resource distribution for the evolutionary dynamics of social foraging in ants. The evolution of social foraging behaviour was represented using a stochastic mutation-selection process involving interactions among colonies. In our theoretical community, ant colonies inhabit an environment where resources are limited, and only one resource type is present. Colony interactions depend on colony-specific foraging strategies (defined as the degree of collective foraging), resource distribution patterns, and the degree of competition asymmetry. At the ecological timescale, we have created a model of foraging processes that reflects trade-offs between resource discovery and resource exploitation and between resource discovery and ant behavioural dominance. At the evolutionary timescale, we have identified the conditions of competition and resource distribution that can lead to the emergence and coexistence of both collective and individual foraging strategies. We suggest that asymmetric competition is an essential component in the emergence of diverse foraging strategies in a sympatric ant community.
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- Louise van Oudenhove
- Université Côte d’Azur, INRA, CNRS, ISA, France
- Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Villeurbanne, France
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Villeurbanne, France
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Sánchez-Galván IR, Marcos-García MÁ, Galante E, Azeria ET, Micó E. Unraveling Saproxylic Insect Interactions in Tree Hollows from Iberian Mediterranean Forest. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 2018; 47:300-308. [PMID: 29506151 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvy008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Tree hollows are complex microhabitats in which a variety of abiotic and biotic factors shape the community assembly of saproxylic insects. Detecting non-random species co-occurrence patterns is a fundamental goal in ecology in order to understand the assembly mechanisms of communities. We study association patterns of species of Coleoptera and Diptera (Syrphidae), belonging to different trophic guilds, on 72 tree hollows at a local and regional scale in three protected areas in Mediterranean forests using a fixed-fixed null model. Our matrix-level analysis shows a tendency for segregation in species association (species exclusion) at the regional and site levels. However, the high complexity of tree-hollow habitats, offering different resources for a more or less specialized fauna, makes it difficult to prove competition interactions. Indeed, pairwise analysis shows a dominance of non-random aggregation patterns (species coexistence) at the local and regional levels. Both aggregation and segregation of non-random patterns were more common among species from different trophic guilds than within the same guilds, with predators being a common denominator for a high percentage of the inter-guild pairs. Our results suggest that predation and facilitation interactions, together with habitat segregation, are the main factors shaping tree-hollow assemblages, while competition seems to be less important. We conclude that species interactions take an important part of the process of assemblage structuration and special attention should be paid to 'ecosystem engineers' and threatened species in the conservation of tree hollow assemblages.
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- Ingrid R Sánchez-Galván
- Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain
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- Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain
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- Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, Science Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada
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- Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain
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Orivel J, Klimes P, Novotny V, Leponce M. Resource use and food preferences in understory ant communities along a complete elevational gradient in Papua New Guinea. Biotropica 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jérôme Orivel
- CNRS, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane; AgroParisTech, CIRAD, INRA; Université de Guyane; Université des Antilles; Campus Agronomique, BP316 97379 Kourou cedex France
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- Institute of Entomology Biology Centre; Czech Academy of Sciences and Faculty of Science; University of South Bohemia; Branisovska 31 370 05 Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
- The New Binatang Research Center; Nagada Harbour, P.O. Box 604 Madang Papua New Guinea
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- Institute of Entomology Biology Centre; Czech Academy of Sciences and Faculty of Science; University of South Bohemia; Branisovska 31 370 05 Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
- The New Binatang Research Center; Nagada Harbour, P.O. Box 604 Madang Papua New Guinea
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- Biodiversity Monitoring & Assessment Unit; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; 29 rue Vautier 1000 Brussels Belgium
- Evolutionary Biology & Ecology; Université Libre de Bruxelles; CP 160/12, 50 av. F.D. Roosevelt 1050 Brussels Belgium
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Schmidt FA, Ribas CR, Sobrinho TG, Ubaidillah R, Schoereder JH, Clough Y, Tscharntke T. Similar alpha and beta diversity changes in tropical ant communities, comparing savannas and rainforests in Brazil and Indonesia. Oecologia 2017; 185:487-498. [PMID: 28980119 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3960-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Local biodiversity can be expected to be similar worldwide if environmental conditions are similar. Here, we hypothesize that tropical ant communities with different types of regional species pools but at similar habitat types in Brazil and Indonesia show similar diversity patterns at multiple spatial scales, when comparing (1) the relative contribution of alpha and beta diversity to gamma diversity; (2) the number of distinct communities (community differentiation); and (3) the drivers of β-diversity (species replacement or species loss/gain) at each spatial scale. In both countries, rainforests and savannas (biome scale) were represented by three landscapes (landscape scale), each with four transects (site scale) and each transect with 10 pitfall traps (local scale). At the local scale, α-diversity was higher and β-diversity lower than expected from null models. Hence, we observed a high coexistence of species across biomes. The replacement of species seemed the most important factor for β-diversity among sites and among landscapes across biomes. Species sorting, landscape-moderated species distribution and neutral drift are potential mechanisms for the high β-diversity among sites within landscapes. At the biome scale, different evolutionary histories produced great differences in ant community composition, so the replacement of species is, at this scale, the most important driver of beta diversity. According to these key findings, we conclude that distinct regional ant species pools from similar tropical habitat types are similarly constrained across several spatial scales, regardless of the continent considered.
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- Fernando A Schmidt
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-000, Brazil. .,Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, 69920-900, Brazil.
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- Setor de Ecologia e Conservação, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, 37200-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-000, Brazil.,Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo (UFES/CEUNES), São Mateus, ES, 29932-540, Brazil
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- Entomology Laboratory, Zoology Division (Mueum Zoologicum Bogoriense), Research Center for Biology, LIPI, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-000, Brazil
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- Agroecology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.,Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
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- Agroecology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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Sladecek FXJ, Segar ST, Lee C, Wall R, Konvicka M. Temporal Segregation between Dung-Inhabiting Beetle and Fly Species. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0170426. [PMID: 28107542 PMCID: PMC5249136 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The coexistence of ecologically similar species (i.e. species utilizing the same resource) is a major topic in ecology. Communities are assembled either through the biotic interactions of ecologically similar species, e.g. competition, or by the abiotic separation of species along gradients of environmental conditions. Here, we investigated the temporal segregation, succession and seasonality of dung-inhabiting Coleoptera and Diptera that utilize an identical resource in exactly the same way. The data were collected from two temperate pastures, one in the United Kingdom and the second in the Czech Republic. There was no evident temporal separation between ecologically similar coleopterous or dipterous taxa during succession. In contrast, these two orders were almost perfectly separated seasonally in both combined and site-specific datasets. Flies were most abundant in the summer, and beetles were more abundant in the spring and autumn. Ecologically similar beetles and flies also displayed seasonal separation in both combined and site-specific data. Analyses within site-specific data sets revealed such a separation at both the order and species level. Season is therefore the main temporal axis separating ecologically similar species of dung-inhabiting insects in temperate habitats, while succession aggregates species that may have similar environmental tolerances (to e.g. dung moisture). This separation between ecologically similar taxa of beetles and flies may be attributable to either competition-based niche separation or to temperature tolerance-based habitat filtering, since flies have peak activity in warmer months while beetles have peak activity in cooler months.
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- Frantisek Xaver Jiri Sladecek
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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Camarota F, Powell S, S Melo A, Priest G, J Marquis R, L Vasconcelos H. Co-occurrence patterns in a diverse arboreal ant community are explained more by competition than habitat requirements. Ecol Evol 2016; 6:8907-8918. [PMID: 28035279 PMCID: PMC5192950 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Revised: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A major goal of community ecology is to identify the patterns of species associations and the processes that shape them. Arboreal ants are extremely diverse and abundant, making them an interesting and valuable group for tackling this issue. Numerous studies have used observational data of species co‐occurrence patterns to infer underlying assembly processes, but the complexity of these communities has resulted in few solid conclusions. This study takes advantage of an observational dataset that is unusually well‐structured with respect to habitat attributes (tree species, tree sizes, and vegetation structure), to disentangle different factors influencing community organization. In particular, this study assesses the potential role of interspecific competition and habitat selection on the distribution patterns of an arboreal ant community by incorporating habitat attributes into the co‐occurrence analyses. These findings are then contrasted against species traits, to explore functional explanations for the identified community patterns. We ran a suite of null models, first accounting only for the species incidence in the community and later incorporating habitat attributes in the null models. We performed analyses with all the species in the community and then with only the most common species using both a matrix‐level approach and a pairwise‐level approach. The co‐occurrence patterns did not differ from randomness in the matrix‐level approach accounting for all ant species in the community. However, a segregated pattern was detected for the most common ant species. Moreover, with the pairwise approach, we found a significant number of negative and positive pairs of species associations. Most of the segregated associations appear to be explained by competitive interactions between species, not habitat affiliations. This was supported by comparisons of species traits for significantly associated pairs. These results suggest that competition is the most important influence on the distribution patterns of arboreal ants within the focal community. Habitat attributes, in contrast, showed no significant influence on the matrix‐wide results and affected only a few associations. In addition, the segregated pairs shared more biological characteristic in common than the aggregated and random ones.
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- Flávio Camarota
- Instituto de Biologia Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Uberlândia Brazil; Department of Biological Sciences The George Washington University Washington DC USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences The George Washington University Washington DC USA
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- Departamento de Ecologia Universidade Federal de Goiás Goiânia Brazil
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- Department of Biology and the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center University of Missouri - St. Louis St. Louis MO USA
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- Department of Biology and the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center University of Missouri - St. Louis St. Louis MO USA
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Hamelin FM, Bisson A, Desprez‐Loustau M, Fabre F, Mailleret L. Temporal niche differentiation of parasites sharing the same plant host: oak powdery mildew as a case study. Ecosphere 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Frédéric M. Hamelin
- IGEPP, Agrocampus Ouest, INRAUniversité de Rennes 1Université Bretagne‐Loire 65 rue de Saint Brieuc 35000 Rennes France
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- INRAUMR 0729 MISTEA 2 Place Pierre Viala 34060 Montpellier France
- INRAUMR 1222 Eco&Sols 2 Place Pierre Viala 34060 Montpellier France
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- INRAUMR 1065 SAVE 71, Avenue Edouard Bourlaux 33882 Villenave d'Ornon France
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- Université Côte d'AzurINRA, CNRS, ISA 400 route des chappes Sophia Antipolis France
- Université Côte d'AzurInria, INRA, CNRSUPMC Univ Paris 06 2004 route des lucioles Sophia Antipolis France
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Salas-Lopez A, Mickal H, Menzel F, Orivel J. Ant-mediated ecosystem processes are driven by trophic community structure but mainly by the environment. Oecologia 2016; 183:249-261. [PMID: 27730368 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3741-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 09/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The diversity and functional identity of organisms are known to be relevant to the maintenance of ecosystem processes but can be variable in different environments. Particularly, it is uncertain whether ecosystem processes are driven by complementary effects or by dominant groups of species. We investigated how community structure (i.e., the diversity and relative abundance of biological entities) explains the community-level contribution of Neotropical ant communities to different ecosystem processes in different environments. Ants were attracted with food resources representing six ant-mediated ecosystem processes in four environments: ground and vegetation strata in cropland and forest habitats. The exploitation frequencies of the baits were used to calculate the taxonomic and trophic structures of ant communities and their contribution to ecosystem processes considered individually or in combination (i.e., multifunctionality). We then investigated whether community structure variables could predict ecosystem processes and whether such relationships were affected by the environment. We found that forests presented a greater biodiversity and trophic complementarity and lower dominance than croplands, but this did not affect ecosystem processes. In contrast, trophic complementarity was greater on the ground than on vegetation and was followed by greater resource exploitation levels. Although ant participation in ecosystem processes can be predicted by means of trophic-based indices, we found that variations in community structure and performance in ecosystem processes were best explained by environment. We conclude that determining the extent to which the dominance and complementarity of communities affect ecosystem processes in different environments requires a better understanding of resource availability to different species.
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- Alex Salas-Lopez
- CNRS, UMR Ecologie de Forêts de Guyane, AgroParisTech, CIRAD, INRA, Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles, Campus agronomique, BP 316, 97379, Kourou Cedex, France.
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- CNRS, UMR Ecologie de Forêts de Guyane, AgroParisTech, CIRAD, INRA, Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles, Campus agronomique, BP 316, 97379, Kourou Cedex, France
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Ellwood MF, Blüthgen N, Fayle TM, Foster WA, Menzel F. Competition can lead to unexpected patterns in tropical ant communities. ACTA OECOLOGICA 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2016.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Liu C, Guénard B, Blanchard B, Peng Y, Economo EP. Reorganization of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic ant biodiversity after conversion to rubber plantation. ECOL MONOGR 2016. [DOI: 10.1890/15-1464.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Cong Liu
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Okinawa 904‐0495 Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Okinawa 904‐0495 Japan
- School of Biological Sciences The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong China
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Okinawa 904‐0495 Japan
- Committee on Evolutionary Biology University of Chicago Chicago Illinois 60637 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Okinawa 904‐0495 Japan
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