叶丛中的蚂蚁占据树枝:蚁群形态与入口洞之间有关系吗?

IF 1.4 3区 农林科学 Q2 ENTOMOLOGY
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摘要

森林地面上的落枝是蚂蚁重要的筑巢资源。尽管这些树枝在落叶层中数量很多,但并不总是会被蚂蚁占据,因为各种属性都会影响它们的占据率。然而,蚂蚁的形态参数可能与树栖物种的入口孔大小有关,而不同种群的入口孔大小会有所不同。因此,我们利用在巴西大西洋森林地区的落叶层中采集的群落,测试了不同种群的蚂蚁形态特征与树枝上入口孔大小之间的关系。我们测量了 60 种蚂蚁及其雌性种群共 4,159 只蚂蚁个体,并解剖了 4,805 根树枝,其中 1,064 根树枝上有入口孔,519 根树枝上有蚂蚁。我们还测量了树枝入口孔的大小。我们观察到,蚂蚁的平均形态特征(每个蚁群或物种水平)与树枝上入口孔的平均大小呈正相关。在蚁群水平上,所测量的所有五个形态变量(头宽、头长、喙长、韦伯氏长和后股长)都与工蚁和雄蚁的入口孔大小有关,除喙长外,蚁后也是如此。在物种水平上,工蚁和蚁后的这一模式保持不变,但雄蚁的洞口大小只与其头部宽度有关。我们的结论是,入口孔的大小是树枝巢蚁中形态各异的物种占据叶丛中树枝的一个相关变量。
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Occupation of twigs by ants in the leaf litter: is there a relationship between the morphology of the castes and the entrance hole?

Occupation of twigs by ants in the leaf litter: is there a relationship between the morphology of the castes and the entrance hole?

Fallen twigs on forest floors are an important nesting resource for ants. Despite their abundance in the leaf litter, these twigs are not always colonized, since various attributes affect their occupancy. However, the morphological parameters of ants are potentially linked to the entrance hole size in arboreal species, which will vary among castes. We therefore tested for the relation between the ant morphological traits of different castes and the size of entrance holes in twigs, using communities collected in the leaf litter in areas of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. We measured a total of 4,159 ant individuals across 60 species and their female castes, and dissected 4,805 twigs, of which 1,064 had entrance holes, 519 hosted ants. The entrance hole size of twigs was also measured. We observed average ant morphological traits (per colony or species level) were positively related to the average size of the entrance holes in the twigs. At the colony level, all five morphological variables measured (head width, head length, scape length, Weber's length, and hind femur length) were related to the entrance hole size in workers and majors, and the same was true for queens except for scape length. At the species level, this pattern was maintained for workers and queens, but in majors hole sizes were only related to their head width. We conclude that the size of the entrance hole is a relevant variable for the occupancy of twigs in the leaf litter by morphologically variable species of twig-nesting ants.

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Insectes Sociaux
Insectes Sociaux 生物-昆虫学
CiteScore
2.70
自引率
7.70%
发文量
43
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Insectes Sociaux (IS) is the journal of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI). It covers the various aspects of the biology and evolution of social insects and other presocial arthropods; these include ecology, ethology, morphology, population genetics, reproduction, communication, sociobiology, caste differentiation and social parasitism. The journal publishes original research papers and reviews, as well as short communications. An international editorial board of eminent specialists attests to the high quality of Insectes Sociaux, a forum for all scientists and readers interested in the study of social insects.
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