Bark beetle attacks reduce survival of wood ant nests
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/23:10467347 RIV/00020702:_____/23:N0000091
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/2/199" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/2/199</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14020199" target="_blank" >10.3390/f14020199</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Bark beetle attacks reduce survival of wood ant nests
Original language description
Central European coniferous forests are facing the most significant bark beetle outbreak in history. The consequence is the creation of large clearings, which are associated with changes in environmental parameters. We studied how these changes affected the survival of wood ant nests. Specifically, we monitored the relationship between mound occurrence, tree coverage, and the coverage and height of vegetation on ant mounds. We found that wood ant nests were less likely to survive (39% decline) in bark beetle-affected forests than in unaffected forests. The Formica rufa species was more affected than F. polyctena. The bark beetle attack was significantly positively correlated with increases in understory vegetation cover and height. Several factors may explain the negative effects of bark beetles on wood ants. The removal of trees subsequently increased the amount of light on ground vegetation. The support of understory vegetation growth on ant mounds cast shadows on the nests and disrupted nest thermoregulation. Additionally, the bark beetle attack may have been associated with a loss of food resources for wood ants. Our results showed that early (small-scale) management intervention against the spread of bark beetles is the preferred method for maintaining the ant population in conifer forests prone to bark beetle attacks.
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
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
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Forests
ISSN
1999-4907
e-ISSN
1999-4907
Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
199
UT code for WoS article
000945222500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85149016184