Individual and Colony Level Effects of Interactions between Two Common Forest Ant Species, Aphaenogaster carolinensis (Wheeler) and Nylanderia faisonensis (Forel)

IF 0.6 4区环境科学与生态学 Q4 Agricultural and Biological Sciences

American Midland Naturalist Pub Date : 2021-10-18 DOI:10.1674/0003-0031-186.2.291

T. Menzel, William Beghun, J. Farmer, J. T. Looney, Jacson Lee Moody, Christopher White

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Abstract

Abstract. The purpose of this project was to isolate and describe the behaviors of individuals of two ant species, Aphaenogaster carolinensis Wheeler and Nylanderia faisonensis Forel, during their interference interactions, and to relate those to effects on colonies and their access to resources. Videos were taken of baited index cards from within the shared habitat of the ant species in northeast Georgia forests. Two measures of individual behavior, change in speed and deflection, and three measures of colony behavior, time to first ant, recruitment time and maximum number of individuals, were collected from video. Nest occurrence for each species within a specified distance of baits was determined for both species as well. Nylanderia faisonensis saw greater change in speed and deflection angle in response to species interactions than A. carolinensis. Locations with N. faisonensis nests had a higher maximum number of individuals of both species. Nylanderia faisonensis had longer recruitment times at locations with A. carolinensis nests. Although N. faisonensis was always the aggressor, they experienced clear negative consequences of their interactions.

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森林蚂蚁Aphaenogaster carolinensis (Wheeler)和Nylanderia faisonensis (Forel)相互作用的个体和群体水平效应

摘要该项目的目的是分离和描述两个蚂蚁物种Aphaenogaster carolinensis Wheeler和Nylanderia faisonensis Forel在干扰相互作用期间的行为，并将其与对群落的影响及其对资源的获取联系起来。视频是在乔治亚州东北部森林中蚂蚁的共同栖息地拍摄的带诱饵的索引卡。从视频中收集了两个个体行为指标，即速度和偏转的变化，以及三个群体行为指标，第一只蚂蚁的时间、招募时间和最大个体数量。还确定了两个物种在特定诱饵距离内的巢穴发生情况。费森奈兰藻对物种相互作用的反应速度和偏转角的变化比卡罗莱纳奈兰藻大。在有费森猪笼草巢穴的地方，这两个物种的最大个体数量都较高。在有A.carolinensis巢穴的地方，费森Nylanderia的招募时间更长。尽管费森猪笼草一直是侵略者，但它们之间的互动产生了明显的负面后果。

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American Midland Naturalist 环境科学-生态学

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1.20

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18-36 weeks

期刊介绍： The American Midland Naturalist has been published for 90 years by the University of Notre Dame. The connotations of Midland and Naturalist have broadened and its geographic coverage now includes North America with occasional articles from other continents. The old image of naturalist has changed and the journal publishes what Charles Elton aptly termed "scientific natural history" including field and experimental biology. Its significance and breadth of coverage are evident in that the American Midland Naturalist is among the most frequently cited journals in publications on ecology, mammalogy, herpetology, ornithology, ichthyology, parasitology, aquatic and invertebrate biology and other biological disciplines.