Colony life history of the tropical arboreal ant, Cephalotes goniodontus De Andrade, 1999
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/61989592:15310/24:73628278
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00040-024-00974-3.pdf" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00040-024-00974-3.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-024-00974-3" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00040-024-00974-3</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Colony life history of the tropical arboreal ant, Cephalotes goniodontus De Andrade, 1999
Original language description
Arboreal ants are ecologically important in tropical forests, but there are few studies using DNA markers to examine their population and colony structure. Colonies of the arboreal turtle ant Cephalotes goniodontus create trail networks through the canopy of the tropical forest, in dense vegetation where it is difficult to determine how long a nest is used and how neighboring colonies partition space. We monitored 53 nest sites for up to six years and, using seven microsatellite markers, genotyped samples of workers collected at or near 41 nests over 1–4 years. We calculated average relatedness within samples collected at a given location, and between samples collected at the same location in successive years, and performed pedigree analysis to predict the number of queens that produced each sample of workers. Fifteen samples were highly related (r ≥ 0.6) from single colonies, of which 11 were monogynous and the remaining four had two queens, 19 were of intermediate relatedness (0.1 ≤ r < 0.6) with 1–6 queens, and 7 were groups of unrelated workers (r < 0.1) from at least 4 queens. Colonies persisted at the same nest site for 2–6 years. The smallest distance we found separating nests of different colonies was 16.2 m. It appears that different colonies may share foraging trails. Our study demonstrates the feasibility of using a cost-efficient genotyping method to provide information on colony structure and life history of ant species.
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
10616 - Entomology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Insectes Sociaux
ISSN
0020-1812
e-ISSN
1420-9098
Volume of the periodical
71
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
271-281
UT code for WoS article
001258023000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85197929204