Predation by avian predators may have initiated the evolution of myrmecomorph spiders

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-96737-2" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-96737-2</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96737-2" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-021-96737-2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Predation by avian predators may have initiated the evolution of myrmecomorph spiders

Original language description

Myrmecomorphy is a strategy utilized by a variety of species, among which spiders are the most common. It is supposed that myrmecomorphy tends to be selected by predator avoidance of preying on ants rather than by blind ant workers. To date, this hypothesis has been tested mainly on invertebrate predators (mantises and spiders). We are the first to test whether an imperfect myrmecomorph spider (Phrurolithus festivus) gains protection against avian predators (wild adult great tits-Parus major) through its appearance. In a set of preferential trials, we showed that the ant model and the myrmecomorph spider are equally well protected against attack, though the attacked myrmecomorphs are usually eaten. This suggests that the mimicry of the myrmecomorph spiders is effective against avian predators and works in a Batesian manner. In this study, we have provided evidence toward the evolution of myrmecomorphy in response to selective pressure elicited by visually-oriented predators like birds.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10614 - Behavioral sciences biology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Scientific Reports

ISSN

2045-2322

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000691021200063

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85113466313