An ant-plant by-product mutualism is robust to selective logging of rain forest and conversion to oil palm plantation

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F15%3A43888799" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/15:43888799 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-014-3208-z" target="_blank" >http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-014-3208-z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-3208-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00442-014-3208-z</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

An ant-plant by-product mutualism is robust to selective logging of rain forest and conversion to oil palm plantation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Anthropogenic disturbance and the spread of non-native species disrupt natural communities, but also create novel interactions between species. By-product mutualisms, in which benefits accrue as side effects of partner behaviour or morphology, are oftennon-specific and hence may persist in novel ecosystems. We tested this hypothesis for a two-way by-product mutualism between epiphytic ferns and their ant inhabitants in the Bornean rain forest, in which ants gain housing in root-masses while ferns gainprotection from herbivores. Specifically, we assessed how the specificity (overlap between fern and ground-dwelling ants) and the benefits of this interaction are altered by selective logging and conversion to an oil palm plantation habitat. We found that despite the high turnover of ant species, ant protection against herbivores persisted in modified habitats. However, in ferns growing in the oil palm plantation, ant occupancy, abundance and species richness declined, potentially due to

Název v anglickém jazyce

An ant-plant by-product mutualism is robust to selective logging of rain forest and conversion to oil palm plantation

Popis výsledku anglicky

Anthropogenic disturbance and the spread of non-native species disrupt natural communities, but also create novel interactions between species. By-product mutualisms, in which benefits accrue as side effects of partner behaviour or morphology, are oftennon-specific and hence may persist in novel ecosystems. We tested this hypothesis for a two-way by-product mutualism between epiphytic ferns and their ant inhabitants in the Bornean rain forest, in which ants gain housing in root-masses while ferns gainprotection from herbivores. Specifically, we assessed how the specificity (overlap between fern and ground-dwelling ants) and the benefits of this interaction are altered by selective logging and conversion to an oil palm plantation habitat. We found that despite the high turnover of ant species, ant protection against herbivores persisted in modified habitats. However, in ferns growing in the oil palm plantation, ant occupancy, abundance and species richness declined, potentially due to

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

EH - Ekologie – společenstva

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EE.2.3.20.0064" target="_blank" >EE.2.3.20.0064: Centrum excelence pro globální studium funkce a biodiverzity lesních ekosystémů</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Oecologia

ISSN

0029-8549

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

178

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

441-450

Kód UT WoS článku

000354900700012

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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