An ant-plant by-product mutualism is robust to selective logging of rain forest and conservasion to oil palm plantation
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-014-3208-z" target="_blank" >http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-014-3208-z</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-3208-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00442-014-3208-z</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
An ant-plant by-product mutualism is robust to selective logging of rain forest and conservasion to oil palm plantation
Original language description
Anthropogenic disturbance and the spread of non-native species disrupt natural communities, but also create novel interactions between species. By-product mutualisms, in which benefits accrue as side effects of partner behaviour or morphology, are oftennon-specific and hence may persist in novel ecosystems. We tested this hypothesis for a two-way by-product mutualism between epiphytic ferns and their ant inhabitants in the Bornean rain forest, in which ants gain housing in root-masses while ferns gainprotection from herbivores. Specifically, we assessed how the specificity (overlap between fern and ground-dwelling ants) and the benefits of this interaction are altered by selective logging and conversion to an oil palm plantation habitat. We found that despite the high turnover of ant species, ant protection against herbivores persisted in modified habitats. However, in ferns growing in the oil palm plantation, ant occupancy, abundance and species richness declined, potentially due to
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Oecologia
ISSN
0029-8549
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
178
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
441-450
UT code for WoS article
000354900700012
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84930226070