The importance of scavenging in ant invasions
The importance of scavenging in ant invasions
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cois.2021.01.007
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发表时间：
2021-03-03
影响因子：
5.3
通讯作者：
Cameron, Erin K.
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作者：
Holway, David A.;Cameron, Erin K.
最近的研究强调，蚂蚁是高度熟练和无处不在的清道夫。这些趋势延伸到数量和行为上占主导地位的引进蚂蚁，它们表现出一套特征，使它们能够在更大程度上利用和垄断腐肉。因此，我们认为，对引入的蚂蚁如何融入食物网的理解仍然是不完整的。引入的蚂蚁对腐肉资源的垄断可以增加工蚁的产量，增强这些物种与其他生物竞争和捕食的能力，并改变食物网内直接和间接相互作用的强度。未来的工作应该考虑蚂蚁入侵如何影响绿色和棕色食物网内部和之间的能量转移。
Recent work underscores that ants are highly proficient and ubiquitous scavengers. These tendencies extend to numerically and behaviorally dominant introduced ants, which exhibit a suite of traits that allow them to exploit and monopolize carrion to a greater extent than is widely appreciated. We thus contend that an understanding of how introduced ants fit into food webs remains incomplete. Monopolization of carrion resources by introduced ants could increase worker production, enhance the ability of these species to compete with and prey upon other organisms, and alter the strength of direct and indirect interactions within food webs. Future work should consider how ant invasions influence energy transfer within and between green and brown food webs.