Nest plasticity of Cornitermes silvestrii (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) in response to flood pulse in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Plaza, Tarik Godoy D.; Carrijo, Tiago F.; Cancello, Eliana Marques

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262014000100011

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“…This plasticity is normally expressed over a regional rather than a local scale as a response to distinct ecological constraints (Plaza et al ., ). For instance, nests of C. silvestri are generally dome‐shaped (wider than higher), but may present changes in relative height in areas subjected to floods (Plaza et al ., ). Such nests will not vary considerably in areas where the environment is homogenous.…”

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Termite cohabitation: the relative effect of biotic and abiotic factors on mound biodiversity

Marins

Costa

Russo

et al. 2016

Ecological Entomology

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1. Termites are important ecosystem engineers that improve primary productivity in trees and animal diversity outside their mounds. However, their ecological relationship with the species nesting inside their mounds is poorly understood.2. The presence of termite cohabitant colonies inside 145 Cornitermes cumulans mounds of known size and location was recorded. Using network-theoretical methods in conjunction with a suite of statistical analyses, the relative influence of biotic and abiotic drivers of termite within-mound diversity on the composition and species richness of the termite community was investigated, specifically builder presence and physical aspects of the mound.3. We found that richness inside the mound increases with mound size, and the species similarity between mounds decreases with distance. The physical attributes (abiotic drivers) of termite mounds (size and relative distance to other mounds) are the strongest predictors of termite species richness and composition. The biotic driver (presence of a builder colony) has an important, though smaller, negative effect on within-mound termite species richness.4. The findings suggest that the termites' physical manipulation of their environment is an important driver of within-mound community diversity. More generally, the approach taken here, using a combination of statistical and network-theoretical methods, can be used to determine the relative importance of abiotic and biotic drivers of diversity in a wide range of communities of interacting species.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Termite cohabitation: the relative effect of biotic and abiotic factors on mound biodiversity

Marins

Costa

Russo

et al. 2016

Ecological Entomology

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“…silvestrii (Fig. 8), espécie cuja colônia por vezes tem formato variável, incluindo a de cogumelo, na qual a parte subterrânea é mais estreita que a epígea (Valério, 2006;Plaza et al 2014). É possível, portanto, que a coruja tenha iniciado a escavação na parte larga e achatada do cupinzeiro e continuado na terra por fora da parte cilíndrica do cupinzeiro.…”

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Associações de aves com insetos sociais: um sumário no Sudeste do Brasil

Sazima

D'Angelo

2015

Iheringia, Sér. Zool.

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RESUMO As aves podem se agregar a diversos tipos de insetos sociais (formigas, vespas, cupins). Estas associações podem ser agrupadas em três tipos, um deles relacionado a atividade alimentar e dois, a atividade reprodutiva: 1) forragear seguindo formigas de correição; 2) nidificar nas proximidades de colônias ativas de vespas e formigas; 3) nidificar em colônia ativas de cupins. Os três tipos de associação podem ser considerados como exemplos de comensalismo. Sumariamos aqui as associações de aves com insetos sociais que observamos no Sudeste do Brasil. Seguir formigas de correição foi habitual a raro para uma grande variedade de espécies, de Accipitridae a Tyrannidae. Nidificar nas proximidades de colônias ativas de vespas foi habitual para uma espécie de Rhynchocyclidae. Nidificar em cupinzeiros arborícolas ativos foi habitual para duas espécies de Trogonidae e ocasional para duas espécies de Psittacidae. Nidificar em cupinzeiros terrestres ativos foi raro para uma espécie de Picidae e uma espécie de Strigidae. Entretanto, variações quali e quantitativas regionais provavelmente ocorrem, o que justificaria este tipo de estudo em habitats e regiões distintas das aqui estudadas. Estudos orientados para história natural deverão revelar maior riqueza de espécies e variedade de aves que se associam a colônias ativas de insetos sociais.

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“…Studying the inquiline fauna of Cornitermes silvestrii, Plaza et al (2014) found a different termite fauna in the Pantanal region of Cáceres, north of the Pantanal complex. In the Abobral region, we did not find any epigeal nest, but in the Cáceres region we found three species that can build epigeal nest (C. silvestrii, C. bequaerti and Silvestritermes euamignathus).…”

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“…The termite fauna of the Pantanal is poorly known (Constantino and Acioli 2006), and the few studies published (e.g. Polatto and Alves Jr. 2009;Plaza et al 2014) do not use standard protocols for comparisons with adjacent environments such as the Cerrado, Chaco or Amazonia. However, these studies did not have the principal objective of evaluating termite richness.…”

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Termite diversity in the Abobral region of the Pantanal wetland complex, Brazil

Cunha

Carrijo

Abot

et al. 2015

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This is the first termite survey using standard protocols in the Abobral region of the Pantanal complex of South America. Abobral, which is primarily composed of four physiognomies: 1) campo, annually flooded grassland; 2) capão, which are islands of semi-deciduous forests; 3) carandazal, annually flooded vegetation composed of a native palm; and 4) paratudal, annually flooded savanna vegetation. Ten species of termites were sampled in the capões, three in the grasslands, two in the paratudal and no species in the carandazal. The diversity of termites in the Abobral Pantanal is concentrated in the capões, which stay above water level during the flood season. In the others physiognomies of the Abobral, the termite fauna is poor. The species composition of termites of the Abobral Pantanal seems to be more related to the Cerrado and Chaco faunas than to the Amazonia and Atlantic Forest faunas.

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Nest plasticity of Cornitermes silvestrii (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) in response to flood pulse in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

Termite cohabitation: the relative effect of biotic and abiotic factors on mound biodiversity

Termite cohabitation: the relative effect of biotic and abiotic factors on mound biodiversity

Associações de aves com insetos sociais: um sumário no Sudeste do Brasil

Termite diversity in the Abobral region of the Pantanal wetland complex, Brazil

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