Influence of Soil Properties on Soldierless Termite Distribution
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61388963%3A_____%2F15%3A00447646" target="_blank" >RIV/61388963:_____/15:00447646 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41320/15:68515
Result on the web
<a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0135341" target="_blank" >http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0135341</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135341" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0135341</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Influence of Soil Properties on Soldierless Termite Distribution
Original language description
In tropical rainforests, termites constitute an important part of the soil fauna biomass, and as for other soil arthropods, variations in soil composition create opportunities for niche partitioning. The aim of this study was twofold: first, we tested whether soil-feeding termite species differ in the foraging substrate; second, we investigated whether soil-feeding termites select their foraging sites to enhance nutrients intake. To do so, we collected termites and analysed the composition and structureof their feeding substrates. Although Anoplotermes-group members are all considered soil-feeders, our results show that some species specifically feed on abandoned termite nests and very rotten wood, and that this substrate selection is correlated withprevious stable isotope analyses, suggesting that one component of niche differentiation among species is substrate selection. Our results show that the composition and structure of bare soils on which different termite species foraged do
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PLoS ONE
ISSN
1932-6203
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
"e0135341/1"-"e0135341/11"
UT code for WoS article
000359492800060
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84942871949