Ant-termite interactions: an important but under-explored ecological linkage
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F20%3A43901499" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/20:43901499 - isvavai.cz</a>
Nalezeny alternativní kódy
RIV/60077344:_____/20:00525182
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.12577" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.12577</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12577" target="_blank" >10.1111/brv.12577</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Ant-termite interactions: an important but under-explored ecological linkage
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Animal interactions play an important role in understanding ecological processes. The nature and intensity of these interactions can shape the impacts of organisms on their environment. Because ants and termites, with their high biomass and range of ecological functions, have considerable effects on their environment, the interaction between them is important for ecosystem processes. Although the manner in which ants and termites interact is becoming increasingly well studied, there has been no synthesis to date of the available literature. Here we review and synthesise all existing literature on ant–termite interactions. We infer that ant predation on termites is the most important, most widespread, and most studied type of interaction. Predatory ant species can regulate termite populations and subsequently slow down the decomposition of wood, litter and soil organic matter. As a consequence they also affect plant growth and distribution, nutrient cycling and nutrient availability. Although some ant species are specialised termite predators, there is probably a high level of opportunistic predation by generalist ant species, and hence their impact on ecosystem processes that termites are known to provide varies at the species level. The most fruitful future research direction will be to evaluate the impact of ant–termite predation on broader ecosystem processes. To do this it will be necessary to quantify the efficacy both of particular ant species and of ant communities as a whole in regulating termite populations in different biomes. We envisage that this work will require a combination of methods, including DNA barcoding of ant gut contents along with field observations and exclusion experiments. Such a combined approach is necessary for assessing how this interaction influences entire ecosystems. © 2019 Cambridge Philosophical Society
Název v anglickém jazyce
Ant-termite interactions: an important but under-explored ecological linkage
Popis výsledku anglicky
Animal interactions play an important role in understanding ecological processes. The nature and intensity of these interactions can shape the impacts of organisms on their environment. Because ants and termites, with their high biomass and range of ecological functions, have considerable effects on their environment, the interaction between them is important for ecosystem processes. Although the manner in which ants and termites interact is becoming increasingly well studied, there has been no synthesis to date of the available literature. Here we review and synthesise all existing literature on ant–termite interactions. We infer that ant predation on termites is the most important, most widespread, and most studied type of interaction. Predatory ant species can regulate termite populations and subsequently slow down the decomposition of wood, litter and soil organic matter. As a consequence they also affect plant growth and distribution, nutrient cycling and nutrient availability. Although some ant species are specialised termite predators, there is probably a high level of opportunistic predation by generalist ant species, and hence their impact on ecosystem processes that termites are known to provide varies at the species level. The most fruitful future research direction will be to evaluate the impact of ant–termite predation on broader ecosystem processes. To do this it will be necessary to quantify the efficacy both of particular ant species and of ant communities as a whole in regulating termite populations in different biomes. We envisage that this work will require a combination of methods, including DNA barcoding of ant gut contents along with field observations and exclusion experiments. Such a combined approach is necessary for assessing how this interaction influences entire ecosystems. © 2019 Cambridge Philosophical Society
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
—
OECD FORD obor
10618 - Ecology
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/GA19-14620S" target="_blank" >GA19-14620S: Ekologie sítí v době velkých dat: pochopení změn specifity druhových interakcí podél environmentálního gradientu</a><br>
Návaznosti
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2020
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Biological Reviews
ISSN
1464-7931
e-ISSN
—
Svazek periodika
95
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
3
Stát vydavatele periodika
US - Spojené státy americké
Počet stran výsledku
18
Strana od-do
555-572
Kód UT WoS článku
000504254300001
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85077363198