Traits allowing some ant species to nest syntopically with the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima in its native range  

作　　者：Alain Dejean Bruno Corbara Regis Cereghino Maurice Leponce Olivier Roux Vivien Rossi Jacques H. C. Delabie Arthur Compin 

机构地区：[1]CNRS, Ecologie des Forets de Guyane (UMR-CNRS 8172), Campus agronomique, BP 316, 97387 Kourou cedex [2]Universite de Toulouse UPS, INP, Ecolab, 118 route de Narbonne 31062, Toulouse [3]CNRS-UMR 6023, Laboratoire Microorganismes, Genome et Environnement, Universite Blaise Pascal, Complexe Scientifique des Cezeaux 63177, Aubiere cedex [4]Clermont UniversitY, Universite Blaise Pascal, LMGE, BP 10448 F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand [5]CNRS Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (UMR-CNRS 5245) 31062, Toulouse, France [6]Biological Assessment Section, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium [7]IRD,Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs, Ecologie, Genetique, Evolution et Controle (UMR- IRD 224) Equipe BEES, 911 avenue Agropolis,BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier [8]CIRAD Ecofog (UMR-CIRAD 93), Campus Agronomique 97379, Kourou cedex, France [9]U.P.A.Laboratorio de Mirmecologia, Conv~nio UESC/CEPLAC, C.P. 7, 45600-000, Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil

出　　处：《Insect Science》2015年第2期289-294,共6页昆虫科学（英文版）

摘　　要：Supercolonies of the red fire ant Solenopsis saevissima （Smith） develop in disturbed environments and likely alter the ant community in the native range of the species. For example, in French Guiana only 8 ant species were repeatedly noted as nesting in close vicinity to its mounds. Here, we verified if a shared set of biological, ecological, and behavioral traits might explain how these 8 species are able to nest in the presence of S. saevissima. We did not find this to be the case. We did find, however, that all of them are able to live in disturbed habitats. It is likely that over the course of evolution each of these species acquired the capacity to live syntopically with S. saevissima through its own set of traits, where colony size （4 species develop large colonies）, cuticular compounds which do not trigger aggressiveness （6 species） and submissive behaviors （4 species） complement each other.Supercolonies of the red fire ant Solenopsis saevissima （Smith） develop in disturbed environments and likely alter the ant community in the native range of the species. For example, in French Guiana only 8 ant species were repeatedly noted as nesting in close vicinity to its mounds. Here, we verified if a shared set of biological, ecological, and behavioral traits might explain how these 8 species are able to nest in the presence of S. saevissima. We did not find this to be the case. We did find, however, that all of them are able to live in disturbed habitats. It is likely that over the course of evolution each of these species acquired the capacity to live syntopically with S. saevissima through its own set of traits, where colony size （4 species develop large colonies）, cuticular compounds which do not trigger aggressiveness （6 species） and submissive behaviors （4 species） complement each other.

关 键 词：ant community fire ants invasive species Solenopsis saevissima species coexistence supercoloniality 

分 类 号：S718.7[农业科学—林学] TV698.236[水利工程—水利水电工程]