Experiments with artificial nests provide evidence for ant community stratification and nest site limitation in a tropical forest
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F20%3A00506035" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/20:00506035 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60076658:12310/20:43901512
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/btp.12684" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/btp.12684</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.12684" target="_blank" >10.1111/btp.12684</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Experiments with artificial nests provide evidence for ant community stratification and nest site limitation in a tropical forest
Original language description
We assessed the ant community stratification and nest site limitation in a lowland rainforest in New Guinea using experimental addition of artificial bamboo nests of two cavity sizes (small: ~12 mm large: ~32 mm diameter). We placed them at ground level, in the understorey, and in the canopy, and also conducted a pilot experiment to test the utility of nest translocation. Occupancy of small nests was much higher in the understorey and canopy than at ground level (~75% vs. ~25%). Translocation was successful, with little impact on colonies compared to control. Our experiment demonstrates a vertical stratification in community composition of ants and a higher nest site limitation in the higher strata than at ground level. Use of small artificial cavities in trees has great potential for future experimental studies.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GX19-28126X" target="_blank" >GX19-28126X: Testing mechanisms that maintain high species diversity in food webs by experimental manipulation of trophic cascades in a tropical rainforest</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Biotropica
ISSN
0006-3606
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
52
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
277-287
UT code for WoS article
000474056100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85068361725