Unconfortable protection: Formica polyctena Först. shelters Formica fusca L. from Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Czechowski, Wojciech; Markó, Bálint

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Title: Unconfortable protection: Formica polyctena Först. shelters Formica fusca L. from Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Abstract:

The wood ant Formica polyctena Först. is a territorial species, a regular top dominant of ant communities in forests. Its colonies defend their whole foraging areas(territories) against other territorial ants, including F. sanguinea Latr., a common facultative slave-maker. The most frequent ‘victim’ of F. sanguinea is F. fusca L., a ubiquitous submissive ant species. On the basis of some earlier observations, the presumption was made that F. polyctena, when defending its own territories, would indirectly protect F. fusca colonies, which nest within these territories, from F. sanguinea raids. It was expected that F. fusca should be more abundant in F. polyctena territories, than in F. sanguinea territories, while other subordinate ants, which are not potential slaves of F. sanguinea, should not show such difference. This hypothesis was supported by the results of the baiting experiments carried out in the Białowieża Forest, NE Poland. The findings are discussed in the context of interspecific competition hierarchy in ants.

Relation:

Annales Zoologici

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Issue:

Start page:

539

End page:

548

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

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application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:58381

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.255, vol 56, no 3 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4314, vol 56, no 3 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng

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Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

European Union. European Regional Development Fund ; Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure

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Subject and keywords:

ants Formicidae Formica polyctena Formica fusca Formica sanguinea Polyergus rufescens territoriality interspecific competition competition hierarchy foraging slavery

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Annales Zoologici

Edition name	Date
Unconfortable protection: Formica polyctena Först. shelters Formica fusca L. from Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) / Czechowski, Wojciech ; Markó, Bálint	Oct 2, 2020