Chomicki Guillaume, Renner Susanne S
Systematic Botany and Mycology, University of Munich (LMU), Menzinger Strasse 67, 80638 Munich, Germany
Systematic Botany and Mycology, University of Munich (LMU), Menzinger Strasse 67, 80638 Munich, Germany.
Proc Biol Sci. 2017 Mar 15;284(1850). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0013.
This s results from the symposium 'Ants 2016: ant interactions with their biotic environments' held in Munich in May 2016 and deals with the interactions between ants and other insects, plants, microbes and fungi, studied at micro- and macroevolutionary levels with a wide range of approaches, from field ecology to next-generation sequencing, chemical ecology and molecular genetics. In this paper, we review key aspects of these biotic interactions to provide background information for the papers of this s After listing the major types of biotic interactions that ants engage in, we present a brief overview of ant/ant communication, ant/plant interactions, ant/fungus symbioses, and recent insights about ants and their endosymbionts. Using a large molecular clock-dated Formicidae phylogeny, we map the evolutionary origins of different ant clades' interactions with plants, fungi and hemiptera. Ants' biotic interactions provide ideal systems to address fundamental ecological and evolutionary questions about mutualism, coevolution, adaptation and animal communication.
这源自于2016年5月在慕尼黑举办的“2016年蚂蚁：蚂蚁与其生物环境的相互作用”研讨会，探讨了蚂蚁与其他昆虫、植物、微生物和真菌之间的相互作用，这些研究涵盖了从微观和宏观进化层面，运用了从野外生态学到下一代测序、化学生态学和分子遗传学等广泛的方法。在本文中，我们回顾了这些生物相互作用的关键方面，为该研讨会论文提供背景信息。在列出蚂蚁参与的主要生物相互作用类型后，我们简要概述了蚂蚁/蚂蚁通讯、蚂蚁/植物相互作用、蚂蚁/真菌共生关系，以及关于蚂蚁及其内共生体的最新见解。利用一个基于分子钟的大型蚁科系统发育树，我们描绘了不同蚂蚁类群与植物、真菌和半翅目相互作用的进化起源。蚂蚁的生物相互作用为解决关于互利共生、协同进化、适应和动物通讯等基本生态和进化问题提供了理想的系统。
