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dc.contributor.authorFagundes, R.
dc.contributor.authorTerra, G.
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, S.
dc.contributor.authorMajer, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:33:15Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:33:15Z
dc.date.created2015-03-03T20:17:04Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationFagundes, R. and Terra, G. and Ribeiro, S. and Majer, J. 2010. The Bamboo Merostachys fischeriana (Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) as a canopy Habitat for Ants of Neotropical Montane Forest. Neotropical Entomology. 39 (6): pp. 906-911.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32824
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S1519-566X2010000600009
dc.description.abstract

Although Merostachys fischeriana is very abundant in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, little attention has been paid to the biological interactions with other animals. The present study describes some of the interactions between ants and this bamboo species. The experiment was carried out in a fragment of a montane tropical forest in the Parque Estadual do Itacolomi, near Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil. Thirty culms of bamboo were randomly collected. The ants were obtained by direct collection from nodes and internodes. Morphometric variables of the bamboo were recorded for characterization of potential ant habitat. Merostachys fischeriana grows in rosettes as a thin bamboo (average = 1,0 cm; se = 0,27; n = 20) and is tall enough to reach the upper canopy of this low forest (average = 9,1 m; se = 2,72; n = 20). Fifteen ant species were sampled. Brachymyrmex heeri Forel was the most abundant in the nodes, while Camponotus crassus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) was the most abundant in the internodes. The composition of the species that inhabit the internodes was different from the composition in the node (Q-test: Q = 3,76; P = 0,05). The level of occupation was defined by the number of holes (F = 10,33; P < 0,01), the number of internodes in the canopy (F = 6,84; P = 0,01) and the length of the culm (F = 7,52; P = 0,01). The plant's morphology allowed the occurrence of additional species of ants in the canopy and influenced the composition of the entire ant assemblage.

dc.publisherEntomological Society of Brazil
dc.titleThe Bamboo Merostachys fischeriana (Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) as a canopy Habitat for Ants of Neotropical Montane Forest
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume39
dcterms.source.startPage906
dcterms.source.endPage911
dcterms.source.issn1519-566X
dcterms.source.issn1678-8052
dcterms.source.titleNeotropical Entomology
curtin.departmentDepartment of Environment and Agriculture
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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