Estimation of trophic niches in myrmecophagous spider predators

J 2020

Estimation of trophic niches in myrmecophagous spider predators

DUŠÁTKOVÁ, Lenka; Stanislav PEKÁR; Ondřej MICHÁLEK; Eva LÍZNAROVÁ; William O. C. SYMONDSON et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Estimation of trophic niches in myrmecophagous spider predators

Autoři

DUŠÁTKOVÁ, Lenka; Stanislav PEKÁR; Ondřej MICHÁLEK; Eva LÍZNAROVÁ a William O. C. SYMONDSON

Vydání

Scientific reports, London, Nature Publishing Group, 2020, 2045-2322

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10613 Zoology

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 4.380

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00114418

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

molecular identification; DNA; gut contents; beetles; PCR

Štítky

14314020, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 3. 11. 2020 10:00, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Among spiders, taxonomically the most diversified group of terrestrial predators, only a few species are stenophagous and feed on ants. The levels of stenophagy and ant-specialisation vary among such species. To investigate whether stenophagy is only a result of a local specialisation both fundamental and realised trophic niches need to be estimated. Here we investigated trophic niches in three closely-related spider species from the family Gnaphosidae (Callilepis nocturna, C. schuszteri, Nomisia exornata) with different levels of myrmecophagy. Acceptance experiments were used to estimate fundamental trophic niches and molecular methods to estimate realised trophic niches. For the latter two PCR primer sets were used as these can affect the niche breadth estimates. The general invertebrate ZBJ primers were not appropriate for detecting ant DNA as they revealed very few prey types, therefore ant-specific primers were used. The cut-off threshold for erroneous MOTUs was identified as 0.005% of the total number of valid sequences, at individual predator level it was 0.05%. The fundamental trophic niche of Callilepis species included mainly ants, while that of N. exornata included many different prey types. The realised trophic niche in Callilepis species was similar to its fundamental niche but in N. exornata the fundamental niche was wider than realised niche. The results show that Callilepis species are ant-eating (specialised) stenophagous predators, catching mainly Formicinae ants, while N. exornata is an anteating euryphagous predator catching mainly Myrmicinae ants.

Návaznosti

GA15-14762S, projekt VaV

Název: Koevoluce potravní-specializace a složení jedu u pavouků

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Koevoluce potravní-specializace a složení jedu u pavouků

Citovat

DUŠÁTKOVÁ, Lenka; Stanislav PEKÁR; Ondřej MICHÁLEK; Eva LÍZNAROVÁ a William O. C. SYMONDSON. Estimation of trophic niches in myrmecophagous spider predators. Scientific reports. London: Nature Publishing Group, 2020, roč. 10, č. 1, s. 1-11. ISSN 2045-2322. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65623-8.

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DUŠÁTKOVÁ, Lenka; Stanislav PEKÁR; Ondřej MICHÁLEK; Eva LÍZNAROVÁ a William O. C. SYMONDSON. Estimation of trophic niches in myrmecophagous spider predators. \textit{Scientific reports}. London: Nature Publishing Group, 2020, roč.~10, č.~1, s.~1-11. ISSN~2045-2322. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65623-8.

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