Protection form herbivores varies among ant genera for the myrmecophilic plant Leea aculeata in Malaysian Borneo
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F21%3A00545898" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/21:00545898 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/am.014002.html" target="_blank" >http://www.asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/am.014002.html</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.20362/am.014002" target="_blank" >10.20362/am.014002</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Protection form herbivores varies among ant genera for the myrmecophilic plant Leea aculeata in Malaysian Borneo
Original language description
Some plants use food bodies to attract ants that then provide protection from herbivory. A brief report from 1898 describes the myrmecophilic plant Leea aculeata Bl. as bearing food bodiesnon its young shoots, which accumulate when they are not harvested by ants. However, ant efficacy in deterring herbivores and consequences for herbivory rates remain unknown. Here we investigate (1) which ant taxa patrol these plants and whether they remove significant numbers of food bodies, (2) if these ants attack herbivores, and (3) if any anti-herbivore activity correlates negatively with herbivory. We found that a diverse community of ants patrolled young L. aculeata shoots and removed food bodies (1.2 food body per cm2 per 24 h), with food bodies accumulating when ants are experimentally excluded. Attack rates on surrogate herbivores (termite baits) differed among ant genera, with Crematogaster and Lophomyrmex being most active. Although herbivory did not differ among ant genera, herbivory was greater when ants took a longer time to detect herbivores and recruit fellow ants, providing evidence for the mutualism of L. aculeata with ants. However, the variation in protection among ant genera raises questions regarding the stability of this mutualism in the face of exploitation by ants.
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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
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA19-14620S" target="_blank" >GA19-14620S: Network ecology in the big data age: understanding changes in species interaction specificity along environmental gradients</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Asian Myrmecology
ISSN
1985-1944
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
MARCH 20
Country of publishing house
MY - MALAYSIA
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
e014002
UT code for WoS article
000753493400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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