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362. Long-term partitioning of space between two territorial species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their effect on subordinate species

Creator:
Wojciech Czechowski, Markó, Bálint, Radchenko, Alexander, and Slipinski, Piotr
Type:
article, články, model:article, and TEXT
Subject:
Zoologie, zoologie, entomologie, Formica polyctena, Hymenoptera, Formicidae, ants, Lasius fuliginosus, Myrmica, competition, conflicts, interspecific hierarchy, territoriality, 2, and 59
Language:
English
Description:
Competition is a major force organizing ant communities and results in co-occurring species evolving different strategies for foraging and use of space. Territorial species, as top dominants exclude each other, while shaping the local ant communities both qualitatively and quantitatively. In this study we examined how two territorial species, Formica polyctena and Lasius fuliginosus, can coexist in adjacent territories over long periods of time, and whether they affect co-occurring species of ants in different ways. Field observations in the absence and in the presence of baits were carried out around a L. fuliginosus nest complex surrounded by a polydomous F. polyctena colony in S Finland in 2007–2009. Both species controlled their territories, but were affected by changes in the abundance of the other species and the distance from L. fuliginosus’ main nest. They did not have the same effect on the subordinate species in the absence of baits, but the abundance of Myrmica spp. recorded at baits was negatively affected by both of the territorial species. The preferences of the different species for the artificial food sources differed: L. fuliginosus and F. polyctena preferred tuna to honey and Myrmica spp. honey to tuna. More individuals of the subordinate species were recorded in the territory of F. polyctena than of L. fuliginosus, although conflicts with this territorial species were also recorded. During the three years of the study almost no overlaps in the territories of the two territorial species were recorded, and there were mostly minor shifts in the boundaries of the territories. Differences between the two territorial species in their use of space and competitive effects ensured their coexistence at this particular site in Finland., Wojciech Czechowski ... [et al.]., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
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363. Macroparasites and their communities of the European eel Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus) in the Czech Republic

Creator:
František Moravec and Tomáš Scholz
Format:
electronic, počítač, and online zdroj
Type:
model:article and TEXT
Subject:
parazitické organismy, ryby, druhová rozmanitost, parasitic organisms, fishes, species diversity, Labe (Česko a Německo : řeka : povodí), Dunaj (řeka : povodí), Odra (řeka : povodí), Evropa střední, Elbe River Basin (Czechia and Germany), Danube River Basin, Odra River Basin, Europe, Central, parasite fauna, host specificity, 2, and 59
Language:
English
Description:
This paper summarises the results of parasitological examinations of the European eel Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus) in the Czech Republic, carried out at the Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences (previously the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences) within the period of 50 years (1958-2008). Even though this survey is limited to the Czech Republic, it provides extensive data probably incomparable with any other study anywhere regarding the number of eels examined and parasites found. A total of 723 eels was examined from 42 localities that belong to all of the three main river drainage systems in the country, i.e. the Elbe, Danube and Oder river basins. Of the 31 species of adult and larval macroparasites including Monogenea (4 species), Trematoda (3), Cestoda (3), Nematoda (11), Acanthocephala (5), Hirudinea (1), Bivalvia (1), Copepoda (1), Branchiura (1) and Acariformes (1), most of them (30) were recorded from the Elbe River basin. These parasites can be divided into three main groups regarding their host specificity: parasites specific for eels (26%), non-specific adult parasites occurring also in other fishes (61%) and non-specific larvae (13%). The highest number (19) of parasite species was recorded in the Mácha Lake fishpond system in northern Bohemia. The parasite communities in eels from the individual localities exhibited large differences in their species composition and diversity depending on local ecological conditions. The parasite fauna of A. anguilla in the Czech Republic is compared with that in other European countries. The nematode Cucullanus egyptae Abdel-Ghaffar, Bashtar, Abdel-Gaber, Morsy, Mehlhorn, Al Quraishy et Mohammed, 2014 is designated as a species inquirenda., František Moravec, Tomáš Scholz., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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364. Maladaptive host choice by an alien leaf miner Phyllonorycter leucographella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) has the potential to limit its invasiveness

Creator:
Walczak, Urszula, Bogdziewicz, Michał, Żytkowiak, Roma, Karolewski, Piotr, and Baraniak, Edward
Format:
print, počítač, and online zdroj
Type:
model:article and TEXT
Subject:
motýli, vzpřímenkovití, butterflies, Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera, Phyllonorycter leucographella, invasive species, alien leaf miner, host selection, specific leaf area, infestation rate, insect development, 2, and 59
Language:
English
Description:
Alien phytophagous insects are often introduced along with their host plants, creating opportunities for troublesome invasions. Yet, not all of them are able to successfully colonize novel host plants. In this study, we investigated host selection by the alien leaf miner Phyllonorycter leucographella (Zeller, 1850) on both its original host and novel host plants in the insect's alien range. We predicted that this insect's percentage infestation of the original host would be positively related to its specific leaf area (SLA), because high-SLA leaves are nutritious and have thin cuticles, traits related to high offspring developmental success. We further hypothesized that this host selection process would apply in the selection of novel host plants. Our results show that this leaf miner selects leaves of its original host plant, Pyracantha coccinea, according to their SLA values. The SLA value was also positively related to the probability of P. leucographella infesting and successfully developing on novel host plants. The selection of high-SLA plants by the moth leads to a high developmental success on novel host plants in the first (summer) generation, but it is likely to be maladaptive in the second (overwintering) generation, because in temperate Europe, high SLA values are associated with deciduous plants that shed their leaves in autumn. It is likely that the apparent maladaptive selection of novel host plants by P. leucographella reduces the invasiveness of this pest by preventing its establishment on native plants., Urszula Walczak, Michał Bogdziewicz, Roma Żytkowiak, Piotr Karolewski, Edward Baraniak., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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365. Male mandible trimorphism in the stag beetle Dorcus rectus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

Creator:
Iguchi, Yutaka
Type:
article, články, model:article, and TEXT
Subject:
Zoologie, zoologie, entomologie, Lucanidae, Dorcus rectus, stag beetle, mandible, trimorphism, scaling relationship, discontinuous model, 2, and 59
Language:
English
Description:
Males in many beetles show horn or mandible dimorphism. The stag beetle Dorcus rectus was assumed to have dimorphic males, but in this species there are not two but three visually distinct mandibular phenotypes. The aim of this study is to determine if the three phenotypes represent an allometric trimorphism in this species by studying the scaling relationship between body length and mandible length in 148 adult males and 31 adult females. The relationship was fitted using the following four statistical models; a simple line, a logistic curve, a continuous segmented line and a discontinuous line. The best-fitting model for the males was a discontinuous line with two break points and that for the females a simple line. The male data was also well fitted by a logistic curve. The discontinuous linear model divided the males into three groups that were in good agreement with the three phenotypes. These results suggest that a subtle allometric trimorphism possibly exists in males of this species. Small males of this species have no distinct teeth on their mandibles, whereas small males of D. striatipennis and D. curvidens, which are closely related to D. rectus, have a pair of distinct teeth on their mandibles. The phylogenetic relationship of these Dorcus species suggests that the trimorphism in D. rectus may have arisen through the loss of teeth in small males., Yutaka Iguchi., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
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367. Mandible morphology reflects the type of male antagonism in the ant genus Cardiocondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Creator:
Schmidt, Christine V and Heinze, Jürgen
Format:
print, počítač, and online zdroj
Type:
model:article and TEXT
Subject:
blanokřídlí, mravencovití, morfologie (biologie), Hymenoptera, ants, morphology (biology), Cardiocondyla, ergatoid males, mandibles, male antagonism, 2, and 59
Language:
English
Description:
The ant genus Cardiocondyla is characterized by wingless, ergatoid males, which in some species replace the typical winged male. Depending on species, ergatoid males engage in lethal fighting for access to sexual females, establish territories within their nests, or are mutually tolerant. Here we investigate, whether the morphology of ergatoid males and in particular the shape of their mandibles reflect phylogeny or male behaviour. In contrast to the worker mandible, which is relatively similar in shape in the ten species examined, mandibles of ergatoid males show a great variation in size and shape not only between the two clades of Cardiocondyla but also among species belonging to Cardiocondyla clade A. This diversity appears to reflect the diverse reproductive tactics of ergatoid males of different species, with extremely long, anteriorly oriented mandibles associated with indirect killing of adult competitors, while particularly short mandibles possibly constitute an adaptation to a tactic in which ergatoid males crush the cuticle of young rivals., Christine V. Schmidt, Jürgen Heinze., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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370. Mezinárodní rok biodiverzity v ČR - rok jako každý jiný

Creator:
Petřík, Petr
Type:
article, články, model:article, and TEXT
Subject:
Obecná ekologie, biodiverzita, ochrana přírody, politiky Evropské unie, biodiversity, nature conservation, European policies, Česko, Czechia, 2, and 574
Language:
Czech
Description:
In November 2009, the United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It has been a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. The world has been invited to take action in 2010 to safeguard biodiversity, i. e., the variety of life on earth. Throughout the year countless initiatives were organized to disseminate information, promote the protection of biodiversity and encourage organizations, institutions, companies and individuals to take direct action to reduce the constant loss of biological diversity worldwide. and Petr Petřík.
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