Antbirds parasitize foraging army ants

No Thumbnail Available
Files
There are no files associated with this item.
Date
2005
Authors
Wrege, Peter H.
Mandel, James T.
Rassweiler, Thomas
Editors
Contact
Journal ISSN
Electronic ISSN
ISBN
Bibliographical data
Publisher
Series
URI (citable link)
DOI (citable link)
ArXiv-ID
International patent number
Link to the license
oops
EU project number
Project
Open Access publication
Collections
Restricted until
Title in another language
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Publication type
Journal article
Publication status
Published
Published in
Ecology ; 86 (2005), 3. - pp. 555-559. - ISSN 0012-9658. - eISSN 1939-9170
Abstract
In the tropical forests of Central and South America, army ants of the Ecitonini tribe, and the numerous animals that follow them through the understory, share a complex relationship that has far-reaching effects on population dynamics and community structure. Although considerable study has been made of various participants in this relationship, no research has explicitly examined the nature of the interaction between the ants and the most important group of followers, the ant-following birds. Here we show, through use of exclusion experiments, that ant-following birds are parasites on Eciton burchellii, significantly reducing the ants' success rate in capturing prey. This has important implications for our interpretation of ant behaviors during swarm-raiding, competitive interactions among the ant-following birds, and possibly also the relative abundance of those social hymenopterans that are typically preyed upon by army ants.
Summary in another language
Subject (DDC)
570 Biosciences, Biology
Keywords
Conference
Review
undefined / . - undefined, undefined. - (undefined; undefined)
Cite This
ISO 690WREGE, Peter H., Martin WIKELSKI, James T. MANDEL, Thomas RASSWEILER, Iain D. COUZIN, 2005. Antbirds parasitize foraging army ants. In: Ecology. 86(3), pp. 555-559. ISSN 0012-9658. eISSN 1939-9170. Available under: doi: 10.1890/04-1133
BibTex
@article{Wrege2005-03Antbi-39958,
  year={2005},
  doi={10.1890/04-1133},
  title={Antbirds parasitize foraging army ants},
  number={3},
  volume={86},
  issn={0012-9658},
  journal={Ecology},
  pages={555--559},
  author={Wrege, Peter H. and Wikelski, Martin and Mandel, James T. and Rassweiler, Thomas and Couzin, Iain D.}
}
RDF
<rdf:RDF
    xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:bibo="http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/"
    xmlns:dspace="http://digital-repositories.org/ontologies/dspace/0.1.0#"
    xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
    xmlns:void="http://rdfs.org/ns/void#"
    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" > 
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/39958">
    <dc:contributor>Mandel, James T.</dc:contributor>
    <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/28"/>
    <dc:creator>Wrege, Peter H.</dc:creator>
    <dc:creator>Wikelski, Martin</dc:creator>
    <dc:creator>Mandel, James T.</dc:creator>
    <dspace:isPartOfCollection rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/28"/>
    <dc:contributor>Wikelski, Martin</dc:contributor>
    <dcterms:available rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2017-09-04T09:15:29Z</dcterms:available>
    <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
    <dcterms:issued>2005-03</dcterms:issued>
    <dc:creator>Couzin, Iain D.</dc:creator>
    <dc:date rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2017-09-04T09:15:29Z</dc:date>
    <void:sparqlEndpoint rdf:resource="http://localhost/fuseki/dspace/sparql"/>
    <dc:contributor>Wrege, Peter H.</dc:contributor>
    <dcterms:abstract xml:lang="eng">In the tropical forests of Central and South America, army ants of the Ecitonini tribe, and the numerous animals that follow them through the understory, share a complex relationship that has far-reaching effects on population dynamics and community structure. Although considerable study has been made of various participants in this relationship, no research has explicitly examined the nature of the interaction between the ants and the most important group of followers, the ant-following birds. Here we show, through use of exclusion experiments, that ant-following birds are parasites on Eciton burchellii, significantly reducing the ants' success rate in capturing prey. This has important implications for our interpretation of ant behaviors during swarm-raiding, competitive interactions among the ant-following birds, and possibly also the relative abundance of those social hymenopterans that are typically preyed upon by army ants.</dcterms:abstract>
    <bibo:uri rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/handle/123456789/39958"/>
    <dc:creator>Rassweiler, Thomas</dc:creator>
    <dcterms:title>Antbirds parasitize foraging army ants</dcterms:title>
    <dc:contributor>Couzin, Iain D.</dc:contributor>
    <foaf:homepage rdf:resource="http://localhost:8080/"/>
    <dc:contributor>Rassweiler, Thomas</dc:contributor>
  </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
Internal note
xmlui.Submission.submit.DescribeStep.inputForms.label.kops_note_fromSubmitter
Contact
URL of original publication
Test date of URL
Examination date of dissertation
Method of financing
Comment on publication
Alliance license
Corresponding Authors der Uni Konstanz vorhanden
International Co-Authors
Bibliography of Konstanz
No
Refereed