DEFENSE OF TERMITARIA BY TERMITOPHILOUS ANTS
DEFENSE OF TERMITARIA BY TERMITOPHILOUS ANTS
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DOI：
10.1007/bf00380142
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发表时间：
1989-01-01
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影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
ITO, F
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作者：
HIGASHI, S;ITO, F
罗伦斯无白蚁的土丘经常受到肉蚁Iridomyrmex sanguineus的袭击。在8种常与白蚁共生的蚂蚁中，弓背蚁属（Camponotus sp.）B和C对白蚁的巢址依赖性较大，能有效地抵御肉蚁的攻击。与这两种蚂蚁同居的许多白蚁群落都很活跃，这表明这种蚂蚁-白蚁关系是互利的;因此，蚂蚁提供了巢穴，甚至可能是食物，白蚁受到了保护，免受破坏性天敌的侵害。
Mounds of Amitermes laurensis are frequently raided by meat ants Iridomyrmex sanguineus. Of eight ant species which often cohabit with the termites, Camponotus sp. B and C were considerably dependent on the termitaria for their nest sites and effectively protected if from the attacks by meat ants. Many termite colonies cohabiting with those two ant species were vigorous, suggesting that this ant-termite relationship is mutualistic; thus, the ants were provided nest sites and probably even food and the termites were protected from destructive natural enemies.