Ant Rafting in an Extreme Ecosystem

Ants are among the most abundant organisms on Earth, being adapted for living on different solid surfaces. However, in some habitats, like riparian forests and flooded plains, water can be a constant obstacle, and overcoming this obstacle can be essential to determine the persistence of ants in suc...

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Autores principales:	Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Flávio Siqueira de Castro, Flávio Camarota, Jéssica Cunha Blum, Renata Maia
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2021
Materias:	Campo rupestre Linepthema micans Mountaintop grassland Rupestrian grassland Serra do Cipó Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:97a72741f1fb41a79387d1ef280f9b5a2021-11-20T16:04:16ZAnt Rafting in an Extreme Ecosystem10.13102/sociobiology.v68i4.74300361-65252447-8067https://doaj.org/article/97a72741f1fb41a79387d1ef280f9b5a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/7430https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525https://doaj.org/toc/2447-8067 Ants are among the most abundant organisms on Earth, being adapted for living on different solid surfaces. However, in some habitats, like riparian forests and flooded plains, water can be a constant obstacle, and overcoming this obstacle can be essential to determine the persistence of ants in such habitats. While most ant species avoid the water during a flood by foraging at higher elevations or climbing on trees, a few species developed ways to overcome this obstacle by swimming. Here, we report, for the first time, ants of the species Linepthema micans (Forel 1908) performing rafts. We observed 14 rafts in three consecutive days at approximately 1400 meters a.s.l. in Serra do Cipó, Brazil. Notably, this is the first record of ant rafting in tropical mountaintop grasslands, which are extreme habitats with shallow and sandy soils, and where small temporary water pools are extremely common in the wet season. Geraldo Wilson FernandesFlávio Siqueira de CastroFlávio CamarotaJéssica Cunha BlumRenata MaiaUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaarticleCampo rupestreLinepthema micansMountaintop grasslandRupestrian grasslandSerra do CipóZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 68, Iss 4 (2021)
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topic	Campo rupestre Linepthema micans Mountaintop grassland Rupestrian grassland Serra do Cipó Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	Campo rupestre Linepthema micans Mountaintop grassland Rupestrian grassland Serra do Cipó Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Geraldo Wilson Fernandes Flávio Siqueira de Castro Flávio Camarota Jéssica Cunha Blum Renata Maia Ant Rafting in an Extreme Ecosystem
description	Ants are among the most abundant organisms on Earth, being adapted for living on different solid surfaces. However, in some habitats, like riparian forests and flooded plains, water can be a constant obstacle, and overcoming this obstacle can be essential to determine the persistence of ants in such habitats. While most ant species avoid the water during a flood by foraging at higher elevations or climbing on trees, a few species developed ways to overcome this obstacle by swimming. Here, we report, for the first time, ants of the species Linepthema micans (Forel 1908) performing rafts. We observed 14 rafts in three consecutive days at approximately 1400 meters a.s.l. in Serra do Cipó, Brazil. Notably, this is the first record of ant rafting in tropical mountaintop grasslands, which are extreme habitats with shallow and sandy soils, and where small temporary water pools are extremely common in the wet season.
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Ant Rafting in an Extreme Ecosystem

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