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Foraging plasticity of Atta cephalotes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in response to temperature differences between forest and pasture | |
Bustamante, Santiago1; Amarillo-Suarez, Angela2 | |
发表日期 | 2019 |
ISSN | 0034-7744 |
EISSN | 2215-2075 |
卷号 | 67期号:4页码:963-974 |
英文摘要 | Introduction: Changes in microclimatic conditions due to land cover transformations influence variations in population life histories and the developmental patterns of organisms. These variations can have a genetic basis, an environmental basis, or both. Objective: To determine the differences between habitats in the foraging activity of Atta cephalotes in response to changes in temperature and the extent to which any such differences are due to phenotypic plasticity, genetic variability, or both. Methods: We performed foraging experiments; each colony (4 colonies sourced from pasture and 3 colonies sourced from forest) underwent eight temperature treatments from 10 to 45 degrees C (+/- 1 degrees C) at 5 degrees C intervals, using common garden and reciprocal transplant experiments. Results: We found high plasticity in the foraging activity of Atta cephalotes in response to temperature, with the foraging activity gradually increasing from 15 to 35 degrees C. Additionally, we found no significant differences in the foraging activity between the colonies sourced from the pasture and forest. Conclusions: The foraging activity of A. cephalotes was directly proportional to temperature, with ants exhibiting thermophilic behaviors and high plasticity, and there were no differences in the foraging activity between colonies sourced from both habitats. |
WOS研究方向 | Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics |
来源期刊 | REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/102389 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Tecnol Pereira, Carrera 27 10-02 Barrio Alamos, Risaralda, Colombia; 2.Pontificia Univ Javeriana, Dept Ecol & Terr, Carrera 7 40-62, Bogota, DC, Colombia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Bustamante, Santiago,Amarillo-Suarez, Angela. Foraging plasticity of Atta cephalotes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in response to temperature differences between forest and pasture[J],2019,67(4):963-974. |
APA | Bustamante, Santiago,&Amarillo-Suarez, Angela.(2019).Foraging plasticity of Atta cephalotes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in response to temperature differences between forest and pasture.REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL,67(4),963-974. |
MLA | Bustamante, Santiago,et al."Foraging plasticity of Atta cephalotes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in response to temperature differences between forest and pasture".REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL 67.4(2019):963-974. |
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