التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Analysis of Recent Interception Records Reveals Frequent Transport of Arboreal Ants and Potential Predictors for Ant Invasion in Taiwan |
| المؤلفون: |
Ching-Chen Lee, Yi-Ming Weng, Li-Chuan Lai, Andrew V. Suarez, Wen-Jer Wu, Chung-Chi Lin, Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang |
| المصدر: |
Insects; Volume 11; Issue 6; Pages: 356 |
| بيانات النشر: |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| سنة النشر: |
2020 |
| المجموعة: |
MDPI Open Access Publishing |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
commodity, exotic ant, introduction pathway, life-history trait, propagule pressure, risk assessment, secondary introductions |
| جغرافية الموضوع: |
agris |
| الوصف: |
We uncovered taxonomic diversity, country of origin and commodity type of intercepted ants at Taiwanese borders based on an 8 year database of 439 interception records. We found intercepted ants arrived predominantly via timber, a pattern likely reflecting the high domestic demand for foreign timber in Taiwan. The most frequently intercepted species were either arboreal or wood-dwelling ants, raising a concern of these ants constituting a next wave of ant invasion in Taiwan. Further analyses indicate that the taxonomic composition of intercepted ants does not match that of established non-native ant species, suggesting that interception data alone fails to provide adequate power to predict the establishment success of ants. Yet, interception frequency and selected life-history traits (i.e., flexible colony founding mode and general nesting habits) were shown to jointly serve as a practical predictor of the establishment risk of non-native ants. Consistent with other border interception databases, secondary introduction (i.e., species arriving from their introduced ranges instead of their native ranges) also represents a major pathway for transport of invasive ants into Taiwan, suggesting its role in shaping the global invasion of ants. Our findings offer baseline information for constructing a prediction framework for future ant invasions and assist in the decision-making process of quarantine authorities in Taiwan. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
text |
| وصف الملف: |
application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11060356Test |
| DOI: |
10.3390/insects11060356 |
| الإتاحة: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11060356Test |
| حقوق: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/ |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.B78B6487 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
