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Cordonnier, Marion ; Lindner, Thomas ; Heinze, Jürgen

Fragmentation shapes nest density and social structure but not genetic diversity of Temnothorax crassispinus (Formicidae)

Cordonnier, Marion , Lindner, Thomas und Heinze, Jürgen (2023) Fragmentation shapes nest density and social structure but not genetic diversity of Temnothorax crassispinus (Formicidae). Population Ecology.

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 19 Apr 2023 04:33
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.54084


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Human activities affect biodiversity by reducing the area of habitats, altering their shape, and increasing their isolation. Ants are particularly sensitive to habitat fragmentation, as it may locally change abiotic conditions, the availability of food and nest sites, the abundance of mutualists, competitors and predators, and also restrict gene flow between patches. As a result, the genetic ...

Human activities affect biodiversity by reducing the area of habitats, altering their shape, and increasing their isolation. Ants are particularly sensitive to habitat fragmentation, as it may locally change abiotic conditions, the availability of food and nest sites, the abundance of mutualists, competitors and predators, and also restrict gene flow between patches. As a result, the genetic population and colony structure of ants is expected to show signs of fragmentation. In the present study, we investigated the impact of fragmentation on the ant Temnothorax crassispinus in 45 forest patches across the Franconian Jura, Germany. Based on 283 colonies, of which 156 were genetically analyzed, we evidenced the presence of two putative distinct genetic clusters in the study area. Both the nest densities and the presence of queen were impacted by the number of adjacent forest patches within 400 m around the focal patch, but neither by patch shape nor patch size. We could not detect any effect of fragmentation on the genetic diversity, probably because the high dispersal abilities of T. crassispinus counterbalance any detrimental genetic consequences of fragmentation. Nevertheless, fragmentation still impacts the species density as well as the social structure of its colonies. Further investigations regarding the drivers of occurrence at a finer spatial scale might clarify the role of edge effects on the occurrence of this species.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftPopulation Ecology
Verlag:Wiley
Datum10 April 2023
InstitutionenBiologie und Vorklinische Medizin > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze)
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WertTyp
10.1002/1438-390x.12151DOI
Stichwörter / Keywordsconnectivity, gene flow, landscape fragmentation, patch size, spatial structure
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-540845
Dokumenten-ID54084

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