期刊
BIOTROPICA
卷 41, 期 3, 页码 338-346出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00483.x
关键词
army ant; colony founding; elevation gradient; Hymenoptera; Neotropical; species richness; swarm founding
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资金
- National Science Foundation [BSR-9025024, DEB-9401069, DEB-9706976, DEB-0072702, IBN-0347315, DEB- 0640015]
- National Geographic Society [7331-02, 7751-04]
- University of Washington Royalty Research Fund
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1157383] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
We used a standard sampling protocol to measure elevational patterns of species richness and abundance of eusocial paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Costa Rica. The sample transect of six sites spanned approximately 2000 m in elevation from lowland to montane forest. Species accumulation curves and species richness estimates both document a low elevation peak in paper wasp species richness at 50 and 300 m asl, with a decline in species richness at higher elevations. Comparison of species composition among elevations revealed strong species turnover from a rich lowland fauna to a depauperate, but distinct, montane fauna. We also observed a general trend toward a greater abundance of paper wasps at higher elevations, a pattern not usually observed in eusocial insects. Army ant species that prey on paper wasps declined in abundance with elevation across the sample transect, a pattern that has been observed at other sites. We discuss the possibility that elevational changes in predation pressure affect variation in paper wasp abundance and species richness. Eusocial paper wasp species employ one of two modes of colony founding, independent and swarm founding. We found that the total abundance of individual swarm-founding wasps was higher at all elevations than the abundance of independent-founding wasps, supporting previous suggestions that Neotropical swarm founders are more successful ecologically.
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