Invasive ant establishment, spread, and management with changing climate

Lach, Lori

doi:10.1016/j.cois.2021.06.008

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“…The Longhorn Crazy Ant is also one of the fast-spreading species of tropical and subtropical natural and disturbed areas 65 . They share their position with the other globally notorious invasive ants-Solenopsis invicta (Red Imported Fire Ant), S. geminata (Tropical Fire Ant), Linepithema humile (Argentine Ant), Wasmannia auropunctata (Little Fire Ant), and Pheidole megacephala (African Big-Headed Ant) 15,64,65 . The Yellow-Crazy Ant seems to be the native of the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean region.…”

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“…Monitoring the patterns of biodiversity in urban ecosystems, therefore, can inform how species might respond to future global changes.Insects, and ants in particular, are the crucial components of terrestrial biodiversity. They are dominant by their numbers and diverse by their species and functional roles in ecosystems [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] , which make them one of the crucial ecosystem engineers of natural, semi-natural, agricultural, and urban ecosystems 10,11 and a suitable taxon to examine the effects of land-use change, forest fragmentation, degradation of habitats, global warming, climate change, and urbanization [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] . Nevertheless, ants also include some of the globally notorious invasive species 15 , which allows one to examine the effect of invasive ants on the native ants and other elements of terrestrial invertebrate diversity.Urbanization has been shown to be associated with a change in composition and structure of native insects, dominance of certain generalist and invasive species, and invasion of invasive and alien species 24 .…”

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“…Sacred groves-the relics of biodiversity-rich natural forests [27][28][29] have a higher ant diversity 25,30,31 . Although a good number of studies are in agreement that urbanization can change the characteristics of ant communities [16][17][18][19][20][21][22] and favour invasive ant species in urban green spaces 15,30,32,33 , Nooten et al 26 found that the sacred groves of urban Hong Kong encompass a higher richness of native and specialist ants, which are resilient to invasive species. Invasion of tramp or invasive species results in colonization and spill-over to neighbouring less-disturbed areas, where they might displace or affect the activities of native ants 15,30,32,33 .…”

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“…Although a good number of studies are in agreement that urbanization can change the characteristics of ant communities [16][17][18][19][20][21][22] and favour invasive ant species in urban green spaces 15,30,32,33 , Nooten et al 26 found that the sacred groves of urban Hong Kong encompass a higher richness of native and specialist ants, which are resilient to invasive species. Invasion of tramp or invasive species results in colonization and spill-over to neighbouring less-disturbed areas, where they might displace or affect the activities of native ants 15,30,32,33 . Our pilot studies showed that the plausible native, but globally notorious invasive ant species, the Yellow-Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), increased several folds in urban sacred groves and spilled over to the rural sacred groves of northern Malabar region over a period of 6 years 30,34 .…”

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Urban tropical forest islets as hotspots of ants in general and invasive ants in particular

Rajesh

Manoj

Ballullaya

et al. 2022

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Urbanization is a crucial driver of environmental and biodiversity change. It is suggested that urbanization favours generalist and invasive species and might harm specialists of natural and semi-natural habitats. In this study, we examined how an urbanization gradient and environmental gradients in the habitat area, habitat diversity, elevation, and proportion of built-up area influenced the abundance and richness of ants within tropical forest islet habitat in south India. We used abundance (proportional trap incidence) of overall ants, native ants, invasive ants, and Anoplolepis gracilipes—a globally notorious invasive ant of possible south Asian origin—and rarefied richness as the response variables. We found that native ant abundance was greater and A. gracilipes abundance was lesser in less-urbanized landscape compared to moderately-urbanized and highly-urbanized landscape. The richness of ants and abundance of overall and invasive ants were unaffected by the urbanization. We also found that none of the measured environmental gradients but habitat diversity influenced abundance of overall ants, native ants, overall invasive ants, and richness of ants; however, A. gracilipes abundance was negatively correlated with habitat diversity. Ant species composition of less-urbanized landscape was distinct from that of higher urbanization levels. The richness and abundance of native ants and abundance of non-A. gracilipes invasive ants decreased with the abundance of A. gracilipes. Because the forest islets of all three urbanization levels supported similar richness of native ants, the urbanization seems not to have an adverse effect for the native ants of native forest islets. The increasing population of A. gracilipes in urban green islets, however, is a concern. Future studies might investigate its effect on other invertebrates of epigeal and soil strata.

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Urban tropical forest islets as hotspots of ants in general and invasive ants in particular

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Ballullaya

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“…Humans have also contributed to the non-native spread of ant species around the globe (Gippet et al 2019;Gippet & Bertelsmeier 2021;Lach 2021). EFN-visiting ant species were more likely to establish indoors, possibly because of the abundance of sugary, nectar-like foods present in human settlements, because they were co-introduced with ornamental plants in indoor locations like greenhouses, or because they are more often tropical in origin (Luo et al 2022) and thus thrive in warmer indoor environments.…”

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Generalized mutualisms promote range expansion in both plant and ant partners

Nathan

Guénard

Economo

et al. 2023

Preprint

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Mutualism improves organismal fitness, but strong dependence on another species can also limit a species ability to thrive in a new range if its partner is absent. We assembled a large, global dataset on mutualistic traits and species ranges to investigate how multiple plant-animal and plant-microbe mutualisms affect the spread of legumes and ants to novel ranges. We found that generalized mutualisms increase the likelihood that a species establishes and thrives beyond its native range, whereas specialized mutualisms either do not affect or reduce non-native spread. This pattern held in both legumes and ants, indicating that specificity between mutualistic partners is a key determinant of ecological success in a new habitat. Our global analysis shows that mutualism plays an important, if often overlooked, role in plant and insect invasions.

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Occurrence and potential diffusion of pine wilt disease mediated by insect vectors in China under climate change

Gao,

Liu,

Fan

et al. 2024

Pest Management Science

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BACKGROUNDPine wilt disease (PWD), a major international quarantined forest pest, causes serious ecological and economic damage to Pinus species in Asia and Europe. In China, PWD has spread northeasterly and northwesterly beyond its original northern limits. Consequently, an evaluation of the insect vector‐mediated occurrence and potential diffusion of PWD is needed to identify important transmission routes and control the spread of disease.RESULTSAn optimized MaxEnt model was used to assess the current and future geographical distribution of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and its insect vectors in China. The predicted suitable area for B. xylophilus colonization is currently 212.32 × 104 km2 and mainly concentrated in Central, East, Southwest and South China, although is anticipated to include the northwestern regions of China in the future. As for the insect vectors, Monochamus alternatus and M. saltuarius are expected to spread toward the northwest and southwest, respectively. The maximum predicted dispersion area of PWD mediated by M. alternatus, M. saltuarius and both species was 91.85 × 104, 218.76 × 104 and 29.99 × 104 km2, respectively, with potential diffusion areas being anticipated to increase in the future. Both the suitable probabilities and areas of B. xylophilus and its insect vectors were found to vary substantially along the latitudinal gradient, with the latitudinal range of these species being predicted to expand in the future.CONCLUSIONThis is the first study to investigate the potential diffusion areas of PWD mediated by insect vectors in China, and our finding will provide a vital theoretical reference and empirical basis for developing more effective management strategies for the control of PWD in China. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Invasive ant establishment, spread, and management with changing climate

Cited by 10 publications

References 62 publications

Urban tropical forest islets as hotspots of ants in general and invasive ants in particular

Urban tropical forest islets as hotspots of ants in general and invasive ants in particular

Generalized mutualisms promote range expansion in both plant and ant partners

Occurrence and potential diffusion of pine wilt disease mediated by insect vectors in China under climate change

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