Experimental suppression of ants foraging on rainforest vegetation in New Guinea: testing methods for a whole-forest manipulation of insect communities

0367398 - BC 2012 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Klimeš, Petr - Janda, Milan - Ibalim, S. - Kua, J. - Novotný, Vojtěch
Experimental suppression of ants foraging on rainforest vegetation in New Guinea: testing methods for a whole-forest manipulation of insect communities.
Ecological Entomology. Roč. 36, č. 1 (2011), s. 94-103. ISSN 0307-6946. E-ISSN 1365-2311
Grant CEP: GA AV ČR IAA600960712; GA AV ČR KJB612230701; GA MŠMT LC06073; GA MŠMT ME09082; GA ČR GD206/08/H044; GA ČR GA206/09/0115; GA ČR GAP505/10/0673
Grant ostatní: U.S. National Science Foundation(US) DEB-0841885; U.S. National Science Foundation(US) DEB-0816749; Grant Agency of University of South Bohemia(CZ) 052/2010/P; Grant Agency of University of South Bohemia(CZ) 136/2010/P
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z50070508
Klíčová slova: ant exclusion * bait traps * canopy
Kód oboru RIV: EH - Ekologie - společenstva
Impakt faktor: 1.995, rok: 2011

We conducted a 10-month manipulative experiment in primary and secondary rainforests. In each forest type, a 625 m2 treatment plot was isolated from the surrounding forest and 135 bait stations treated with fipronil, S-methoprene, and hydramethylnon were placed in trees to suppress ants. Ant activity was monitored in the forest canopy and understorey with an additional 65 stations in treatment and control plots. The study introduces a new method of selective eradication of ants from rainforest ecosystem.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0202104