Influence of seed size on feeding preferences and diet composition of three sympatric harvester ants in the central Monte Desert, Argentina
Selective seed consumption by harvester ants may affect seed abundance and composition and, ultimately, plant communities. We evaluated the influence of seed size on preferences and diet of Pogonomyrmex mendozanus, P. rastratus, and P. inermis in the central Monte Desert, Argentina. In choice experi...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Influence of seed size on feeding preferences and diet composition of three sympatric harvester ants in the central Monte Desert, Argentina |
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| 270 | 1 | 0 | |m Pirk, G. I.; Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA, CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Pasaje Gutiérrez 1125, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina; email: pirk@crub.uncoma.edu.ar |
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| 520 | 3 | |a Selective seed consumption by harvester ants may affect seed abundance and composition and, ultimately, plant communities. We evaluated the influence of seed size on preferences and diet of Pogonomyrmex mendozanus, P. rastratus, and P. inermis in the central Monte Desert, Argentina. In choice experiments with Pappophorum spp. seeds of different sizes, P. mendozanus and P. rastratus preferred large seeds, maximizing energy reward. P. inermis showed a less-marked preference for large seeds, which was probably due to morphological constraints imposed by its small body size. Under natural conditions, none of the three species selected larger Pappophorum spp. seeds probably because of high travel and handling costs. Seeds of intermediate size predominated in the diet of the three species but a slight size match was detected as P. mendozanus carried larger seeds than P. rastratus and this than P. inermis, matching body-size differences. Thus, ants probably maximize energy reward but face morphological restrictions and higher costs when carrying and holding large seeds. While seeds of intermediate size are the most vulnerable ones to ant predation, small seeds are favored, as they are abundant in the soil seed bank and lowly predated. © The Ecological Society of Japan 2009. |l eng | |
| 536 | |a Detalles de la financiación: PICT 2196 | ||
| 536 | |a Detalles de la financiación: Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA-CyT X/120 | ||
| 536 | |a Detalles de la financiación: Sigma Xi | ||
| 536 | |a Detalles de la financiación: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | ||
| 536 | |a Detalles de la financiación: Acknowledgments We thank Chris Smith, Víctor Cueto, and Antonio Mangione for critical comments. Fernando Milesi and Luis Marone gave valuable advice. Financial support was supplied by CONICET, ANPCyT of Argentina (ultimately through PICT 2196), by Universidad de Buenos Aires (ultimately through UBA-CyT X/120) and by a Grant-in-aid of Research awarded by Sigma Xi. This is contribution number 68 of the Desert Community Ecology Research Team (Ecodes) of IADIZA Institute (CONI-CET) and FCEyN (Universidad de Buenos Aires). | ||
| 593 | |a Grupo de Investigación en Ecología de Comunidades de Desierto, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Piso 4, Pab. 2, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| 593 | |a Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA, CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Pasaje Gutiérrez 1125, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina | ||
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