Ecology of interactions, behavioral ecology, and genetics of neotropical ant populations

• Grant number: 14/23141-1
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants
• Duration: March 01, 2015 - February 28, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Animal Behavior
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Sergio Moreira Carvalho de Oliveira
• Grantee: Paulo Sergio Moreira Carvalho de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project includes the main research areas currently being developed by our group on ecology of interspecific interactions, behavioral ecology, and genetics of populations, all of which having ants as focal organisms. These research topics were established and amplified through active collaborations with researchers from UNICAMP, as well as from other Brazilian institutions. The diversity of research topics developed by our group has grown in the past years, as seen by our recent publications with various groups of collaborators.The studies being proposed in the project are divided into four subprojects that belong to three wide areas of investigation by our group. The subprojects include Master and Doctoral research theses currently being developed by students of our group in the Ecology Graduate Program of UNICAMP. Two subprojects include active collaborations with research groups from the Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (Rio Claro-SP) and from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas.The subprojects are the following:Part I - Ecology of ant-plant interactionsSubproject A - Interactions involving ants, flowers and flower visitors in cerrado vegetation: A case study with Byrsonima intermedia A. Juss. (Malpighiaceae)Subproject B - Secondary seed dispersal by ants in Siparuna guianensis (Siparunaceae) in cerrado vegetationPart II - Ecology, behavior, and microbiology of antsSubprojeto C - Behavioral ecology and microbiology of attine ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)Part III - Landscape genetics in cerrado ant populations Subproject D - Effects of landscape on genetic diversity of cerrado ants: A comparative study between Camponotus rufipes and C. renggeri. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VIDAL, MAYRA C.; SENDOYA, SEBASTIAN F.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Mutualism exploitation: predatory drosophilid larvae sugar-trap ants and jeopardize facultative ant-plant mutualism. ECOLOGY, v. 97, n. 7, p. 1650-1657, JUL 2016. (12/23671-5, 14/23141-1, 10/13619-0, 12/23399-3, 11/18580-8)

SENDOYA, SEBASTIAN F.; BLUETHGEN, NICO; TAMASHIRO, JORGE Y.; FERNANDEZ, FERNANDO; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Foliage-dwelling ants in a neotropical savanna: effects of plant and insect exudates on ant communities. ARTHROPOD-PLANT INTERACTIONS, v. 10, n. 3, p. 183-195, JUN 2016. (12/23671-5, 14/23141-1, 12/23399-3, 11/18580-8)

MOTA, LUISA L.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Myrmecophilous butterflies utilise ant-treehopper associations as visual cues for oviposition. Ecological Entomology, v. 41, n. 3, p. 338-343, JUN 2016. (12/23671-5, 14/23141-1)

RONQUE, M. U. V.; MIGLIORINI, G. H.; OLIVEIRA, P. S.. Thievery in rainforest fungus-growing ants: interspecific assault on culturing material at nest entrance. Insectes Sociaux, v. 65, n. 3, p. 507-510, AUG 2018. (17/16645-1, 14/23141-1)

IBARRA-ISASSI, JAVIER; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Indirect effects of mutualism: ant-treehopper associations deter pollinators and reduce reproduction in a tropical shrub. Oecologia, v. 186, n. 3, p. 691-701, MAR 2018. (14/12486-8, 14/23141-1)

SOARES, JR., HELIO; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Foraging and Spatial Ecology of a Polydomous Carpenter Ant, Camponotus leydigi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in Tropical Cerrado Savanna: A Natural History Account. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, v. 50, n. 1, p. 19-27, FEB 2021. (17/16645-1, 14/23141-1)

GONCALVES-NETO, SALATIEL; AZEVEDO-SILVA, MARIANNE; LEMOS, ALESSANDRA S. M.; SOUZA, ANETE P.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Microsatellites for the Neotropical ant, Camponotus leydigi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE, v. 24, n. 1, p. 79-84, MAR 2021. (17/18291-2, 19/12683-1, 17/16645-1, 14/23141-1)

RONQUE, M. U. V.; FEITOSA, R. M.; OLIVEIRA, P. S.. Natural history and ecology of fungus-farming ants: a field study in Atlantic rainforest. Insectes Sociaux, v. 66, n. 3, p. 375-387, AUG 2019. (17/16645-1, 14/23141-1)

SALLES, L. F. P.; CHRISTIANINI, A. V.; OLIVEIRA, P. S.. Dirt roads and fire breaks produce no edge effects on litter-dwelling arthropods in a tropical dry-forest: a case study. JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION, v. 22, n. 5-6, p. 647-657, DEC 2018. (14/23141-1, 17/16645-1)

CALHEIROS, ANA C.; RONQUE, MARIANE U. V.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Social Organization and Subcaste Specialization in the Leaf-Cutting Ant Acromyrmex subterraneus (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Journal of Insect Behavior, v. 32, n. 4-6, OCT 2019. (17/16645-1, 14/23141-1)

CAMARGO, PAULO H. S. A.; RODRIGUES, SUELEN B. M.; PIRATELLI, AUGUSTO J.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.; CHRISTIANINI, V, ALEXANDER. Interhabitat variation in diplochory: Seed dispersal effectiveness by birds and ants differs between tropical forest and savanna. PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS, v. 38, p. 48-57, JUN 2019. (14/23141-1, 02/12895-8, 17/16645-1)

MAGALHAES, VERONICA B.; ESPIRITO SANTO, NADIA B.; SALLES, LUIS F. P.; SOARES, JR., HELIO; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Secondary seed dispersal by ants in Neotropical cerrado savanna: species-specific effects on seeds and seedlings of Siparuna guianensis (Siparunaceae). ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, v. 43, n. 5, p. 665-674, OCT 2018. (17/16645-1, 14/23141-1)

BREVIGLIERI, CRASSO PAULO B.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.; ROMERO, GUSTAVO Q.. Fear Mediates Trophic Cascades: Nonconsumptive Effects of Predators Drive Aquatic Ecosystem Function. American Naturalist, v. 189, n. 5, p. 490-500, MAY 2017. (14/23141-1)

CUQUETTO-LEITE, L.; DOLDER, H.; OLIVEIRA, P. S.; ESPIRITO SANTO, N. B.; LINO-NETO, J.; MANCINI, K. C.. Structural and ultrastructural characterization of the spermatozoa in Pachycondyla striata and P-marginata. Insectes Sociaux, v. 64, n. 2, p. 209-217, MAY 2017. (12/23671-5, 11/18580-8, 14/23141-1)

RONQUE, MARIANE U. V.; AZEVEDO-SILVA, MARIANNE; MORI, GUSTAVO M.; SOUZA, ANETE P.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Three ways to distinguish species: using behavioural, ecological, and molecular data to tell apart two closely related ants, Camponotus renggeri and Camponotus rufipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 176, n. 1, p. 170-181, JAN 2016. (12/23671-5, 12/08689-5, 14/23141-1, 11/04667-4, 13/08086-1, 11/18580-8, 08/52197-4)

PERES, PEDRO A.; AZEVEDO-SILVA, MARIANNE; ANDRADE, SONIA C. S.; LEITE, FOSCA P. P.. Is there host-associated differentiation in marine herbivorous amphipods?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 126, n. 4, p. 885-898, APR 2019. (14/23141-1, 14/15614-7)

SENDOYA, SEBASTIAN F.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Behavioural ecology of defence in a risky environment: caterpillars versus ants in a Neotropical savanna. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, v. 42, n. 5, p. 553-564, OCT 2017. (12/23671-5, 14/23141-1, 12/23399-3, 11/18580-8)

FREITAS, A. V. L.; MUNIZ, D. G.; CARREIRA, J. Y. O.; OLIVEIRA, P. S.. FRUIT-FEEDING BUTTERFLY ASSEMBLAGES IN A NEOTROPICAL SAVANNA: ASSESSING PHENOLOGICAL PATTERNS USING BAITED TRAPS. JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY, v. 75, n. 2, p. 88-103, JUN 8 2021. (12/50260-6, 09/02451-4, 14/50316-7, 14/23141-1, 17/16645-1, 11/50225-3, 13/50297-0, 11/18580-8)

LEMOS, ALESSANDRA S. M.; AZEVEDO-SILVA, MARIANNE; GONCALVES-NETO, SALATIEL; SOUZA, ANETE P.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Microsatellites for the Neotropical Ant, Odontomachus chelifer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE, v. 20, n. 5, OCT 24 2020. (17/16645-1, 17/18291-2, 19/12683-1, 14/23141-1)

PERES, PEDRO A.; FERREIRA, ANA PAULA; MACHADO, GLAUCO B. O.; AZEVEDO-SILVA, MARIANNE; SIQUEIRA, SILVANA G. L.; LEITE, FOSCA P. P.. Sex-biased dispersal depends on the spatial scale in a tube-building amphipod. MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES, v. 658, p. 135-148, JAN 21 2021. (17/16645-1, 14/15614-7, 18/10313-0, 14/23141-1, 17/18291-2)

AZEVEDO-SILVA, MARIANNE; MORI, GUSTAVO M.; CARVALHO, CAROLINA S.; CORTES, MARINA C.; SOUZA, ANETE P.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Breeding systems and genetic diversity in tropical carpenter ant colonies: different strategies for similar outcomes in Brazilian Cerrado savanna. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 190, n. 3, p. 1020-1035, NOV 2020. (14/23141-1, 17/16645-1, 14/22821-9, 13/08086-1, 17/18291-2, 14/01029-5)

CALHEIROS, ANA C.; RONQUE, MARIANE U. V.; SOARES, HELIO; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Foraging Ecology of the Leaf-Cutter Ant, Acromyrmex subterraneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in a Neotropical Cerrado Savanna. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, v. 48, n. 6, p. 1434-1441, DEC 2019. (14/23141-1, 17/16645-1)

RONQUE, MARIANE U. V.; LYRA, MARIANA L.; MIGLIORINI, GUSTAVO H.; BACCI, MAURICIO; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Symbiotic bacterial communities in rainforest fungus-farming ants: evidence for species and colony specificity. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 10, n. 1, JUN 23 2020. (17/26162-8, 17/16645-1, 14/23141-1)

VIDAL, MAYRA C.; SENDOYA, SEBASTIAN F.; YAMAGUCHI, LYDIA F.; KATO, MASSUO J.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Natural History of a Sit-and-Wait Dipteran Predator That Uses Extrafloral Nectar as Prey Attractant. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, v. 47, n. 5, p. 1165-1172, OCT 2018. (12/23399-3, 14/23141-1, 11/18580-8, 10/13619-0, 17/16645-1)

RONQUE, MARIANE U. V.; FOURCASSIE, VINCENT; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Ecology and field biology of two dominant Camponotus ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Brazilian savannah. Journal of Natural History, v. 52, n. 3-4, p. 237-252, 2018. (11/04667-4, 14/23141-1)