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

<p>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...

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Autores principales:	Janete Jane Resende, Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto, Evandro Nascimento Silva, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Gilberto M. M. Santos
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2013
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:690d7b04eeba47e59070ebb18a523fb42021-12-02T13:16:21ZArboreal Ant Assemblages Respond Differently to Food Source and Vegetation Physiognomies: a Study in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v60i2.174-182https://doaj.org/article/690d7b04eeba47e59070ebb18a523fb42013-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/156https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525<p>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.</p>Janete Jane ResendePaulo Enrique Cardoso PeixotoEvandro Nascimento SilvaJacques Hubert Charles DelabieGilberto M. M. SantosUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santanaarticlepreferenceresource preferencematrix qualityFormicidae, Community EcologyZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 60, Iss 2, Pp 174-182 (2013)
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topic	preference resource preference matrix quality Formicidae, Community Ecology Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	preference resource preference matrix quality Formicidae, Community Ecology Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Janete Jane Resende Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto Evandro Nascimento Silva Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie Gilberto M. M. Santos Arboreal Ant Assemblages Respond Differently to Food Source and Vegetation Physiognomies: a Study in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest
description	<p>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.</p>
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author	Janete Jane Resende Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto Evandro Nascimento Silva Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie Gilberto M. M. Santos
author_facet	Janete Jane Resende Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto Evandro Nascimento Silva Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie Gilberto M. M. Santos
author_sort	Janete Jane Resende
title	Arboreal Ant Assemblages Respond Differently to Food Source and Vegetation Physiognomies: a Study in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest
title_short	Arboreal Ant Assemblages Respond Differently to Food Source and Vegetation Physiognomies: a Study in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest
title_full	Arboreal Ant Assemblages Respond Differently to Food Source and Vegetation Physiognomies: a Study in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest
title_fullStr	Arboreal Ant Assemblages Respond Differently to Food Source and Vegetation Physiognomies: a Study in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest
title_full_unstemmed	Arboreal Ant Assemblages Respond Differently to Food Source and Vegetation Physiognomies: a Study in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest
title_sort	arboreal ant assemblages respond differently to food source and vegetation physiognomies: a study in the brazilian atlantic rain forest
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2013
url	https://doaj.org/article/690d7b04eeba47e59070ebb18a523fb4
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Arboreal Ant Assemblages Respond Differently to Food Source and Vegetation Physiognomies: a Study in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest

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