Protection form herbivores varies among ant genera for the myrmecophilic plant Leea aculeata in Malaysian Borneo

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.20362/am.014002" target="_blank" >10.20362/am.014002</a>

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.

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

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

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)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

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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