J 2020

Coexistence of two termite-eating specialists (Araneae)

PEKÁR, Stanislav, Lenka DUŠÁTKOVÁ, Ondřej MICHÁLEK a Charles R. HADDAD

Základní údaje

Originální název

Coexistence of two termite-eating specialists (Araneae)

Autoři

PEKÁR, Stanislav (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí), Lenka DUŠÁTKOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí), Ondřej MICHÁLEK (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Charles R. HADDAD

Vydání

Ecological entomology, Royal Entomological Society, 2020, 0307-6946

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10616 Entomology

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.465

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00117486

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000549096900001

Klíčová slova anglicky

Activity; Araneae; competition; DNA gut content; Salticidae; Stenaelurillus

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 29. 4. 2021 18:14, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Competition among closely-related specialist predators has rarely been studied, and thus the mechanism of their coexistence remains enigmatic. Interspecific competition among specialised co-occurring predators capturing termites should be high. Here we investigated various niche dimensions, namely temporal, spatial and trophic, of a couple of jumping spider species of the genusStenaelurillus(Stenaelurillus guttigerandS. modestus) from South Africa, to find whether these two species co-exist and along which niche dimension(s) they differentiate. The two species co-occurred in two out of five study sites. Body size was not significantly different between the species. The phenology was shifted so that one species matured earlier. Circadian activity was not different, as both species were diurnal and active at similar times. Both species preyed almost exclusively on termites. The fundamental trophic niche was very similar and rather narrow. The realised trophic niche at the prey order level of both species was similar, but at the genus level it was different. InS. modestusit was narrower, as it captured mainlyOdontotermes, whileS. guttigerexploited a few termite species. The size of prey captured was also similar between the two species. The frequency of intraguild predation was negligible. We conclude that bothStenaelurillusspecies are specialised termitophagous predators. The two species can coexist across broad spatial scales due to spatial segregation on the landscape. At the sites where they co-occur, the two species specialise on different termite prey, promoting local coexistence.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1078/2017, interní kód MU
Název: Behaviorální, Ekologický a Fylogenetický výzkum Obratlovců (Akronym: BEFO)
Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Behaviorální, Ekologický a Fylogenetický výzkum Obratlovců, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty