Ant and termite mound coinhabitants in the wetlands of Santo Antonio da Patrulha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Diehl, Elena; Junqueira, Luciane Kern; Berti-Filho, Evoneo

doi:10.1590/s1519-69842005000300008

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“…Maschwitz and Schönegge 1983;Mill 1984;Dejean and Fénéron 1999). Mutualistic interactions between ants and termites, such as nest-sharing, have also been observed (Jaffe et al 1995;Diehl et al 2005). In addition to direct predatory and mutualistic interactions, ants and termites may interact indirectly through changes they make to their environments.…”

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Functional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo

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Forested tropical landscapes around the world are being extensively logged and converted to agriculture, with serious consequences for biodiversity and potentially ecosystem functioning. Here we investigate associations between habitat disturbance and functional diversity of ants and termites-two numerically dominant and functionally important taxa in tropical rain forests that perform key roles in predation, decomposition, nutrient cycling and seed dispersal. We compared ant and termite occurrence and composition within standardised volumes of soil and dead wood in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Termites occurred substantially less frequently in converted habitats than in old growth forest, whereas ant occurrences were highest in logged forest and lowest in old growth forest. All termite feeding groups had low occurrence in disturbed habitats, with soil feeders occurring even less frequently 123Biodivers Conserv (2014) 23:2817-2832 DOI 10.1007/s10531-014-0750-2 than wood feeders. Ant functional groups showed more variable associations, with some opportunist and behaviourally dominant groups being more abundant in degraded habitats. The importance of ants and termites in tropical ecosystems and such differing patterns of assemblage variation suggest that ecosystem functioning may be significantly altered in converted habitats.

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Functional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo

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“…In southern Brazil, termite fauna is poorly known. Studies mention only 16 termite species to Rio Grande do Sul (Araújo, 1977;Constantino, 1998;Fontes, 1998;Castro & Diehl, 2003;Diehl et al, 2005b;Florencio & Diehl, 2006). This low number can be due to the climate (Eggleton et al, 1994;Constantino & Acioli, 2006), or lack of taxonomists and local studies (Diehl-Fleig et al, 1995;Constantino & Acioli, 2006).…”

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Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

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Albuquerque³

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Previous studies on the effects of environmental factors, such as altitude, latitude, temperature, deforestation, forest fragmentation, fire, and flood on the community structure of termites and ants were conducted in various regions of Brazil; few of them were carried out in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Here we describe termites and ants diversity at different sites along the four geomorphologic units of this state. We recorded 16 taxa of termites, of which three are new state records, increasing to 19 the number of termite species known to occur in the state. Accordingly, we also found 73 species and 115 morphospecies of ants, of which only one was a new record, raising to 265 taxa the number of ant species known to occur in the state. As expected, we found a higher species richness of ants than termites. The low richness of both groups relative to other Brazilian regions could be a consequence of the subtropical to temperate climate in the state, since most portions of the state are below 30o latitude, the study areas be above 500 m altitude, and other environmental characteristics of each site. We suggest a positive relationship between species richness of termites and altitude, while ant richness indicated an inverse relationship. However, our data are not conclusive, due to the low number of replications in each altitude, particularly for termites. This study is unique in presenting an updated checklist of termites and ants in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

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“…Nest density in rice growing areas in Argentina may achieve 1,800 nests per hectare, depending on how long the cultivated area had remained abandoned (Folgarait et al, 2002). In Rio Grande do Sul, another ant species, Camponotus fastigatus, shows density ranging from 116 to 1,274 nests per hectare, also depending on the time that the area remained without cultivation (Diehl et al, 2005). In natural areas from Argentina, density is lower, achieving 23 nests per hectare (Folgarait et al, 2002).…”

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“…Nests showed size variation over time and, if mature, they reached around 1.0 m high and 2.0 m wide in Argentina (Gorosito, 2007). According to Diehl et al (2005), C. fastigatus nests are up to 0.6 m high and 1.0 m wide, in Santo Antônio da Patrulha.…”

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Interactions among attending ants, brown-citrus aphids, and ladybugs in plants of Citrus sinensis

Diehl‐Fleig

Diehl

2018

Neotropical Biology and Conservation

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), which permits reproduction, adaptation, and distribution provided the original author and source are credited. AbstractAttending ants promote colony survivorship and reproduction of aphid colonies, mainly by protection against natural enemies. However, very few papers are about the assessment of the effect of attending ants directly on individuals of aphids without the presence of other organisms. In this article, a review of the main papers that had assessed the effect of the attendant ant Camponotus punctulatus (Formicidae) on the table of life of the brown-citrusaphid Toxoptera citricidus (Hemiptera: Aphididae) that grows in plants of Citrus sinensis (Rutaceae) without the presence of natural enemies. The ant behavior in the presence of adults and immature individuals of the ladybug Cycloneda sanguinea (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in colonies kept on Poncirus trifoliata was also evaluated. Nymph survivorship, adult total fertility, reproductive and post-reproductive period were not affected by the attending ants. The elevation of mean and daily fecundity of the aphids attending on the first days has great importance in the population growth. Ant behavior does not depend on the ladybug sex, nor on the colony size, so that ladybug larvae are more tolerated than adults in the aphid colonies. We registered that the behaviour of the aphids is similar independently of their sex and colony size, whereas ladybug larvae are more tolerated than their adults in aphid colonies.

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Ant and termite mound coinhabitants in the wetlands of Santo Antonio da Patrulha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Cited by 18 publications

References 15 publications

Functional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo

Functional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo

Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

Interactions among attending ants, brown-citrus aphids, and ladybugs in plants of Citrus sinensis

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