Foraging Behavior of Kaempfer's Woodpecker (<i>Celeus obrieni</i>), a Bamboo Specialist

Leite, Gabriel Augusto; Pinheiro, Renato Torres; Marcelino, Dianes Gomes; Figueira, José Eugênio Côrtes; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles

doi:10.1525/cond.2013.120062

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“…Although NB forests had a higher litter biomass than BM forests (Wijewickrama et al, 2022), the field observations confirmed that BM forests have a thicker surface litter layer than NB forests, further supporting the pivotal role of bamboo litter (leaf and culm) in shaping litter‐dwelling arthropod assemblages. In neo‐tropical ecosystems, dead bamboo culms provide important nesting sites for ants (Arruda et al, 2015; Cobb et al, 2006; Davidson et al, 2006; Fagundes et al, 2011; Leite et al, 2013; Powell, 2008). Furthermore, falling bamboo leaves and other woody debris also seem to provide suitable nesting sites for arthropod colonies (Silveira et al, 2010).…”

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Spread of Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss influences litter‐dwelling arthropod communities in native forests: a case study from Sri Lanka

Wijewickrama

Karunaratne

Wijesundara

et al. 2022

Ecological Entomology

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Both native and non‐native bamboo populations can expand their distributions in a rather irregular manner, inflicting changes in native vegetation with potential consequences for litter‐dwelling arthropod communities. To our knowledge, no studies have been undertaken to explore the impacts of bamboo spread on litter‐dwelling arthropods. This study examined the impacts of Bambusa bambos, a spreading native bamboo species, on abundance and order richness of litter‐dwelling arthropods in tropical moist evergreen forests. Bamboo‐rich and non‐bamboo forests were compared in three study sites at Moragahakanda in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Arthropods were sampled from leaf litter and individuals were categorised into their respective orders. Arthropod abundance and order richness were higher in bamboo‐rich forests than in non‐bamboo forests across all sites, indicating more hospitable micro‐habitat conditions following bamboo spread. Litter‐dwelling arthropods belonging to orders Blattodea, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and Orthoptera were either more prevalent or more frequently associated with bamboo‐rich forests than non‐bamboo forests, suggesting a potential shift in community structure. The abundance and order richness of litter‐dwelling arthropods in non‐bamboo forests was explained by environmental variables, whilst no such associations were observed in bamboo‐rich forests. The overall findings indicate that the spread of bamboo may facilitate litter‐dwelling arthropods and cause a compositional shift in taxonomic assemblages, perhaps as a result of changes in the micro‐habitat conditions on the forest floor.

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Spread of Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss influences litter‐dwelling arthropod communities in native forests: a case study from Sri Lanka

Wijewickrama

Karunaratne

Wijesundara

et al. 2022

Ecological Entomology

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“…Some taxa adopt cooperative lifestyles, in which large family groups live together to feed and shelter (Koenig, 1981;Lennartz et al, 1987), whereas other species adopt isolated, nomadic lifestyles (Collins, 2017b;Nickley and Bulluck, 2020). Woodpeckers have also evolved an array of diets and foraging tactics; some species feed generally, while others forage on highly specialized items, such as sap or ants (Spring, 1965;Tate, 1973;Leite et al, 2013). From a morphological perspective, woodpecker body sizes span a wide range.…”

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“…Instead, woodpeckers of the tropics often raid arboreal ant nests and termite mounds, pecking through the dense structures these invertebrates have constructed to shield themselves from predators (Askins, 1983). Other species, like the Kaempfer's Woodpecker (Celeus obrieni), drill through the internodes of bamboo stems and feed on the ants that shelter inside (Leite et al, 2013). Although these strategies are quite different from their temperate relatives, it is abundantly clear that tropic woodpeckers still leverage bill-hammering to get access to food.…”

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Evolutionary and Biomechanical Basis of Drumming Behavior in Woodpeckers

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Understanding how and why behavioral traits diversify during the course of evolution is a longstanding goal of organismal biologists. Historically, this topic is examined from an ecological perspective, where behavioral evolution is thought to occur in response to selection pressures that arise through different social and environmental factors. Yet organismal physiology and biomechanics also play a role in this process by defining the types of behavioral traits that are more or less likely to arise. Our paper explores the interplay between ecological, physiological, and mechanical factors that shape the evolution of an elaborate display in woodpeckers called the drum. Individuals produce this behavior by rapidly hammering their bill on trees in their habitat, and it serves as an aggressive signal during territorial encounters. We describe how different components of the display—namely, speed (bill strikes/beats sec–1), length (total number of beats), and rhythm—differentially evolve likely in response to sexual selection by male-male competition, whereas other components of the display appear more evolutionarily static, possibly due to morphological or physiological constraints. We synthesize research related to principles of avian muscle physiology and ecology to guide inferences about the biomechanical basis of woodpecker drumming. Our aim is to introduce the woodpecker as an ideal study system to study the physiological basis of behavioral evolution and how it relates to selection born through different ecological factors.

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“…The scarcity of long‐term standardized information about bamboos limits our ability to understand their ecology, physiology, and diversity, but more broadly, limits understanding of the multi‐faceted roles of bamboo in forest dynamics, including the association of bamboo with animal communities (e.g., Areta, Bodrati, & Cockle, ; Leite, Pinheiro, Marcelino, Figueira, & Delabie, ). Recent advancements in forest ecology are partly a consequence of the standardized methods that allow data to be combined across space and time (Brienen et al, ; Esquivel‐Muelbert et al, ).…”

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Guidelines for including bamboos in tropical ecosystem monitoring

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Bamboos are a diverse and ecologically important group of plants that have the potential to modulate the structure, composition, and function of forests. With the aim of increasing the visibility and representation of bamboo in forest surveys, and to standardize techniques across ecosystems, we present a protocol for bamboo monitoring in permanent research plots. A bamboo protocol is necessary because ing the average dimensions or (b) measuring all culms. With data from 1-ha plots in the Peruvian Andes, we show that both approaches provide very similar estimates of bamboo basal area. We suggest including all mature culms rooted inside change the to each plot from all woody bamboo species with maximum diameters ≥1 cm.We also present recommendations on how to collect vouchers of bamboo species for identification. Data collected according to our proposed protocols will increase our understanding of regional and global patterns in bamboo diversity and the role of bamboo in forest dynamics.Abstract in Spanish is available with online material.

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Foraging Behavior of Kaempfer's Woodpecker (Celeus obrieni), a Bamboo Specialist

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Cited by 19 publications

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Spread of Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss influences litter‐dwelling arthropod communities in native forests: a case study from Sri Lanka

Spread of Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss influences litter‐dwelling arthropod communities in native forests: a case study from Sri Lanka

Evolutionary and Biomechanical Basis of Drumming Behavior in Woodpeckers

Guidelines for including bamboos in tropical ecosystem monitoring

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