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Yann Clough. Foto.

Yann Clough

Professor

Yann Clough. Foto.

Separating effects of species identity and species richness on predation, pathogen dissemination and resistance to invasive species in tropical ant communities

Författare

  • Akhmad Rizali
  • Teja Tscharntke
  • Damayanti Buchori
  • Yann Clough

Summary, in English

Ants are abundant in natural and managed tropical ecosystems and can have an impact on herbivorous arthropods, as well as plant pathogens. Although it has been shown for plants that the diversity of communities can result in improved ecosystem functioning, it remains uncertain how the species richness of ants affects multiple ecosystem services and disservices. In the present study, we used experimentally enhanced natural gradients in ant species richness on 100 cacao trees in a plantation aiming to analyze the effect of ant species identity and species richness on predation pressure and the incidence of cacao pod borer (CPB), as well as the spread of black pod disease (BPD). Ant species richness did not significantly improve predation of experimentally exposed insects, and was not associated with a reduction in the incidence of CPB. However, the incidence of BPD was higher in ant species rich trees, presumably because more ant species were pathogen vectors. The identity of the dominant ant species affected the incidence of CPB and BPD, as well as predation pressure. Although both ant species richness and identity affected ecosystem services and disservices delivered by the ant community, the results of the present study suggest that the identity of dominant ants is the main driver for ecosystem services in these systems.

Avdelning/ar

  • Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publiceringsår

2018-02

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

122-130

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volym

20

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Wiley-Blackwell

Ämne

  • Ecology
  • Zoology

Nyckelord

  • Aggressive species
  • Anoplolepis gracilipes
  • Ant predation
  • Philidris cf. cordata
  • Species identity
  • Species richness

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1461-9555