Coevolution between slave-making ants and their hosts: host specificity and geographical variation
Coevolution between slave-making ants and their hosts: host specificity and geographical variation
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DOI：
10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.01947.x
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发表时间：
2003-10-01
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4.9
通讯作者：
Herbers, JM
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作者：
Blatrix, R;Herbers, JM
研究了美洲原颌蚁（Protomognathus americanus）对长棘细胸蚁（Leptothorax longispinosus）和美洲原颌蚁（L.模棱两可。我们发现，平均而言，奴隶制造者殖民地对2.7升进行袭击。longispinosus和1.4L.一年内筑巢一次较常见的寄主为L. longispinosus在三分之一的情况下幸存下来，但不太常见的宿主很少能在奴隶制造者的攻击中幸存下来。我们比较了在佛蒙特州收集的结果和在纽约进行的一项研究，那里的奴隶制造者压力要大得多。我们的研究结果表明，在佛蒙特州的奴隶制造商有一个备用策略时，袭击L。longispinosus，但对L.模棱两可。因此，奴隶制蚂蚁和他们的主机之间的协同进化表现出主机特异性和地理变异。
We explored the impact of a slave-making ant, Protomognathus americanus, on two of its hosts, Leptothorax longispinosus and L. ambiguus. We showed that, on average, slave-maker colonies conduct raids on 2.7 L. longispinosus and 1.4 L. ambiguus nests in a single year. The more common host, L. longispinosus, survives raiding and colony-founding events in a third of the cases, but the less common host rarely survives attacks from the slave-makers. We compare our results, collected in Vermont, to a study conducted in New York where the slave-maker pressure is much stronger. Our results suggest that in Vermont the slave-maker has a sparing strategy when raiding L. longispinosus, but not when raiding L. ambiguus. Thus coevolution between slave-making ants and their hosts shows host specificity and geographical variation.