Nutrient use by tropical ant communities varies among three extensive elevational gradients: A cross-continental comparison

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F23%3A00575504" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/23:00575504 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60076658:12310/23:43907288 RIV/00216208:11620/23:10478837

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.13757" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.13757</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13757" target="_blank" >10.1111/geb.13757</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Nutrient use by tropical ant communities varies among three extensive elevational gradients: A cross-continental comparison

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Aim: Many studies demonstrate that climate limits invertebrates along tropical elevational gradients, but we have only a rudimentary understanding of the role of nutrient limitation and climatic seasonality. Here we examined the relationships between ant community structure, nutrient use and season along three undisturbed elevational gradients, each from a different continent.nLocation: Ecuador (South America), Papua New Guinea (PNG: Oceania), Tanzania (Africa).nTime period: 2011–2014.nMajor taxa studied: Ants.nMethods: Along each of the three gradients, we placed six distinct nutrient types (amino acid, sucrose, sucrose + amino acid, lipid, NaCl, H2O). In total, we distributed 2370 baits at 38 sites from 203 m to 3972 m. We used generalized linear models to test for the effects of elevation and season on ant species richness and activity and relative nutrient use. We also tested if changes in ant trophic guilds corresponded to changes in the use of particular nutrients.nResults: Both species richness and activity decreased with elevation along each gradient. However, there were significant interaction effects among elevation, region and season, as ant activity in the dry season was higher in Ecuador and Tanzania but lower in PNG. Relative nutrient use varied among regions: ant preference for some nutrients changed with increasing elevation in Ecuador (decrease in lipid use) and Tanzania (decrease in amino acid and H2O use), while season affected nutrient use in PNG. There were common trends in trophic guilds along the three elevational gradients (e.g. proportional increase of predators), but these did not explain most of the nutrient use patterns.nMain conclusion: While the structure of ant communities changed similarly with elevation, both the seasonal and elevational effects on nutrient use by ants differed between continents. We argue that regional differences in climate and nutrient availability rather than ant functional composition shape nutrient use by ants.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Nutrient use by tropical ant communities varies among three extensive elevational gradients: A cross-continental comparison

Popis výsledku anglicky

Aim: Many studies demonstrate that climate limits invertebrates along tropical elevational gradients, but we have only a rudimentary understanding of the role of nutrient limitation and climatic seasonality. Here we examined the relationships between ant community structure, nutrient use and season along three undisturbed elevational gradients, each from a different continent.nLocation: Ecuador (South America), Papua New Guinea (PNG: Oceania), Tanzania (Africa).nTime period: 2011–2014.nMajor taxa studied: Ants.nMethods: Along each of the three gradients, we placed six distinct nutrient types (amino acid, sucrose, sucrose + amino acid, lipid, NaCl, H2O). In total, we distributed 2370 baits at 38 sites from 203 m to 3972 m. We used generalized linear models to test for the effects of elevation and season on ant species richness and activity and relative nutrient use. We also tested if changes in ant trophic guilds corresponded to changes in the use of particular nutrients.nResults: Both species richness and activity decreased with elevation along each gradient. However, there were significant interaction effects among elevation, region and season, as ant activity in the dry season was higher in Ecuador and Tanzania but lower in PNG. Relative nutrient use varied among regions: ant preference for some nutrients changed with increasing elevation in Ecuador (decrease in lipid use) and Tanzania (decrease in amino acid and H2O use), while season affected nutrient use in PNG. There were common trends in trophic guilds along the three elevational gradients (e.g. proportional increase of predators), but these did not explain most of the nutrient use patterns.nMain conclusion: While the structure of ant communities changed similarly with elevation, both the seasonal and elevational effects on nutrient use by ants differed between continents. We argue that regional differences in climate and nutrient availability rather than ant functional composition shape nutrient use by ants.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA21-00828S" target="_blank" >GA21-00828S: Je kompetice skutečně hlavním faktorem formujícím společenstva mravenců v korunách tropických lesů?</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Global Ecology and Biogeography

ISSN

1466-822X

e-ISSN

1466-8238

Svazek periodika

32

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

12

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

2212-2229

Kód UT WoS článku

001064829300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85170690624