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Título: Ants in their plants: Pseudomyrmex ants reduce primate, parrot and squirrel predation on Macrolobium acaciifolium (Fabaceae) seeds in Amazonian Brazil
Autor: Barnett, Adrian Ashton
Almeida, Thais
Andrade, Richelly
Boyle, Sarah Ann
Lima, Marcelo Gonçalves de
MacLarnon, Ann M.
Ross, Caroline
Silva, Welma Sousa
Spironello, Wilson Roberto
Ronchi-Teles, Beatriz
Palavras-chave: Ant
Colony Founding
Habitat Creation
Host Plant
Predation Risk
Tree
Amazona
Ara
Aves
Cacajao
Cacajao Melanocephalus
Fabaceae
Formicidae
Invertebrata
Macrolobium Acaciifolium
Primates
Pseudomyrmex
Pseudomyrmex Viduus
Psittacidae
Psittaciformes
Sciuridae
Sciurus
Sciurus Igniventris
Tamiasciurus
Vertebrata
Data do documento: 2015
Revista: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
É parte de: Volume 114, Número 2, Pags. 260-273
Abstract: Although plant-inhabiting ants are known to act as effective deterrents to a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores, this has been reported only once before for primates, a group better known for their predation of ants. In the present study, we investigated the effects that colonies of Pseudomyrmex viduus ants living in individual Macrolobium acaciifolium (Fabaceae) trees have on the rates of visitation and fruit removal by four taxa of seed-predating vertebrates: the primate Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary; macaws (Ara spp.); large parrots (Amazona spp.); and the Northern Amazonian red squirrel (Sciurus igniventris). We found that ant presence significantly reduced both rates of visitation and of fruit removal by C.m. ouakary. The same pattern of reduced fruit removal was also observed for other seed predators (parrots, macaws, and squirrels) but not for visitation rates (although this may be a result of the small sample size). This appears to be only the second-known demonstration of the repellent effect of ants on primates and, indeed, the first for squirrels and psittacine birds. © 2014 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015, 114, 260-273.
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12425
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