Replacement of species in wood ant colonies artificially established on islands in southern Finland

• Autorzy: Czechowski W. , Vepsalainen K.
• Konferencja: All-Poland Scientific Conference "Interspecies Relationships at Levels of Organization" (2009 ; Krasnobród)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Wood ants, i.e. species of the subgenus Formica s. str., are known to be temporary social parasites of ants of the subgenus Serviformica For. However, not only Serviformica colonies are used by young wood ant queens to start their own colonies. They are also able to take over colonies, at least queenless ones, of related species of the subgenus Formica s. str. This study followed five experimental colonies of wood ants - three of hybrid Formica aquilonia x F. polyctena, one of F. aquilonia-like form, and one of F. polyctena - artificially planted on islands of the Tvńrminne archipelago, S Finland. After some years, the species identity of all colonies was F. polyctena, i.e. four of them had been taken over by heterospecific queens, whose offspring gradually replaced the old workers. These findings, together with already documented existence of hybrids in wood ants, partly explain the interspecific and intracolonial, until recently unaccountable, variability in wood ants of the Formica rufa group, frequently observed in southern Finland.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

ants; colony takeover; Formica aquilonia; Formica polyctena; Formica rufa; hybrids; island ecology; mixed colonies; queen recruitment; species replacement

PL

ekologia; group; grupa; hybryda; królowa; mieszanie koloni; Mrówka ćmawa; Mrówka północna; Mrówka rudnica; mrówki; przejęcie koloni; rekrutacja; wymiana gatunków; wyspa

• Wydawca: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 2010
• Tom: Vol. 58, nr 4
• Strony: 793--799
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 46 poz.,Rys., tab.,

Twórcy

autor

Czechowski W.

autor

Vepsalainen K.

• Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Social and Myrmecophilous Insects, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warszawa, Poland,,

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