Ants on Sapling Cecropia in Forest and Urban Areas of Trinidad (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Wetterer, James K. [1 ]
Dutra, Daniela S. [1 ]
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[1] Florida Atlantic Univ, Wilkes Honors Coll, Jupiter, FL 33418 USA
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SOCIOBIOLOGY | 2011年 / 58卷 / 01期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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ant-plant mutualism; Azteca; Cecropia; myrmecophytes; symbiosis; Trinidad; urban ecology; AZTECA; PELTATA; PLANT;
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Q96 [昆虫学];
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The mutualism between Azteca ants and Cecropia trees is among the most conspicuous and best-studied ant-plant relationships in the Neotropics. We surveyed ants on 60 Cecropia peltata saplings (1.2-2.0 m) at four forest and two urban sites in Trinidad. Azteca ants inhabited significantly more forest saplings (34/40) than urban saplings (4/20). We found 27 other ant species on the saplings; most were tending phloem-feeding Hemiptera. There were significantly fewer non-Azteca ant species records on forest saplings (0.65/sapling) than on urban saplings (1.65/sapling). Our results confirm earlier findings that the Azteca-Cecropia mutualism is disrupted in urban environments.
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