TY  - JOUR
AU  - Corbara, B.
AU  - Carpenter, J.M.
AU  - Cereghino, R.
AU  - Leponce, M.
AU  - Gibernau, M.
AU  - Dejean, A.
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Diversity and nest site selection of social wasps along Guianese forest edges: assessing the influence of arboreal ants
T2  - C. R. Biol.
JO  - Comptes Rendus Biologies
SP  - 470
EP  - 479
VL  - 332
IS  - 5
PB  - ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
KW  - Polistinae
KW  - Diversity
KW  - Nest site selection
KW  - Ant-wasp-plant interactions
KW  - French Guiana
N2  - monitored), and estimate that we recorded up to 73% of the local social wasp fauna. This baseline study was complemented by a long-term survey of the same area and the examination of isolated trees (permitting us to record two additional species, resulting in a total of 63 wasp species). Our results form a continuum from species avoiding nesting on any plant (6.5% of the wasp species) to species nesting on plants but avoiding those sheltering ant nests (82%), to, finally, wasps nesting in association with arboreal ants known to divert army ant raids (11.5%). Consequently, this study documents that most wasp species select plants possibly repulsive to arboreal ants, while associations with arboreal ants, although confirmed here, have been overrepresented in the literature. To cite this article: B. Corbara et al., C. R. Biologies 332 (2009). (C) 2009 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
SN  - 1631-0691
N1  - ISI:000266021400007
ID  - Corbara_etal2009
ER  -