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From endogenous to exogenous pattern formation: Invasive plant species changes the spatial distribution of a native ant

dc.contributor.authorLi, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorHe, Yifan
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Susanna K.
dc.contributor.authorColborn, A. Shawn
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Eliot L.
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Austin
dc.contributor.authorMonagan, Ivan V.
dc.contributor.authorOng, Theresa Wei Ying
dc.contributor.authorPerfecto, Ivette
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-10T17:47:55Z
dc.date.available2018-08-07T15:51:22Zen
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.identifier.citationLi, Kevin; He, Yifan; Campbell, Susanna K.; Colborn, A. Shawn; Jackson, Eliot L.; Martin, Austin; Monagan, Ivan V.; Ong, Theresa Wei Ying; Perfecto, Ivette (2017). "From endogenous to exogenous pattern formation: Invasive plant species changes the spatial distribution of a native ant." Global Change Biology 23(6): 2250-2261.
dc.identifier.issn1354-1013
dc.identifier.issn1365-2486
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/136690
dc.description.abstractInvasive species are a significant threat to global biodiversity, but our understanding of how invasive species impact native communities across space and time remains limited. Based on observations in an old field in Southeast Michigan spanning 35 years, our study documents significant impacts of habitat change, likely driven by the invasion of the shrub, Elaeagnus umbellata, on the nest distribution patterns and population demographics of a native ant species, Formica obscuripes. Landcover change in aerial photographs indicates that E. umbellata expanded aggressively, transforming a large proportion of the original open field into dense shrubland. By comparing the ant’s landcover preferences before and after the invasion, we demonstrate that this species experienced a significant unfavorable change in its foraging areas. We also find that shrub landcover significantly moderates aggression between nests, suggesting nests are more related where there is more E. umbellata. This may represent a shift in reproductive strategy from queen flights, reported in the past, to asexual nest budding. Our results suggest that E. umbellata may affect the spatial distribution of F. obscuripes by shifting the drivers of nest pattern formation from an endogenous process (queen flights), which led to a uniform pattern, to a process that is both endogenous (nest budding) and exogenous (loss of preferred habitat), resulting in a significantly different clustered pattern. The number and sizes of F. obscuripes nests in our study site are projected to decrease in the next 40 years, although further study of this population’s colony structures is needed to understand the extent of this decrease. Elaeagnus umbellata is a common invasive shrub, and similar impacts on native species might occur in its invasive range, or in areas with similar shrub invasions.Invasive species are a threat to global biodiversity, but our understanding of how they impact native communities across space and time remains limited. We compared the spatial distribution of a population of native ant Formica obscuripes in SE Michigan between 1980 and 2015, during which the invasive shrub Elaeagnus umbellata changed the dominant landcover from open field to shrubland. Analyses of ant habitat preference and aggressivity suggest that this landcover change caused the nest pattern formation process to shift from endogenous (reproductive queen flights) that led to a uniform pattern, to both endogenous (nest budding) and exogenous (loss of preferred habitat), resulting in a significantly different clustered pattern. Results of a stage‐structured model suggest that the ant population may be declining. Elaeagnus umbellata is a common invasive shrub, and similar impacts on native species might occur in its invasive range, or in areas with similar shrub invasions.
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.publisherChapman and Hall
dc.subject.otherpattern formation
dc.subject.otherspatial distribution
dc.subject.otherthatching ant
dc.subject.otherElaeagnus umbellata
dc.subject.otherautumn olive
dc.subject.otherinvasive species
dc.subject.otherFormica obscuripes
dc.subject.otherlandcover change
dc.titleFrom endogenous to exogenous pattern formation: Invasive plant species changes the spatial distribution of a native ant
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelGeology and Earth Sciences
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biology
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScience
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/gcb.13671
dc.identifier.sourceGlobal Change Biology
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