Gateway to Think Tanks
来源类型 | Articles |
规范类型 | 论文 |
DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0123790 |
ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Origin and Alteration of Organic Matter in Termite Mounds from Different Feeding Guilds of the Amazon Rainforests | |
Roda, J-M.; Kamaruddin, N.; Tobias, R.P. | |
发表日期 | 2015 |
出处 | PLoS ONE 10(4): e0123790. |
出版年 | 2015 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | The impact of termites on nutrient cycling and tropical soil formation depends on their feeding habits and related material transformation. The identification of food sources, however, is difficult, because they are variable and changed by termite activity and nest construction. Here, we related the sources and alteration of organic matter in nests from seven different termite genera and feeding habits in the Terra Firme rainforests to the properties of potential food sources soil, wood, and microepiphytes. Chemical analyses comprised isotopic composition of C and N, cellulosic (CPS), non-cellulosic (NCPS), and N-containing saccharides, and molecular composition screening using pyrolysis-field ionization mass spectrometry (Py-FIMS). The isotopic analysis revealed higher soil d13C (-27.4) and d15N (6.6) values in nests of wood feeding Nasutitermes and Cornitermes than in wood samples (d13C = -29.1, d15N = 3.4), reflecting stable-isotope enrichment with organic matter alterations during or after nest construction. This result was confirmed by elevated NCPS:CPS ratios, indicating a preferential cellulose decomposition in the nests. High portions of muramic acid (MurAc) pointed to the participation of bacteria in the transformation processes. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (MDS) revealed increasing geophagy in the sequence Termes < Embiratermes < Anoplotermes and increasing xylophagy for Cornitermes < Nasutitermes., and that the nest material of Constrictotermes was similar to the microepiphytes sample, confirming the report that Constrictotermes belongs to the microepiphyte-feeders. We therewith document that nest chemistry of rainforest termites shows variations and evidence of modification by microbial processes, but nevertheless it primarily reflects the trophic niches of the constructors. |
主题 | soil ; soil chemical properties ; nutrient transport ; rain forests |
区域 | Amazon |
URL | https://www.cifor.org/library/5578/ |
来源智库 | Center for International Forestry Research (Indonesia) |
引用统计 | |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/93011 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Roda, J-M.,Kamaruddin, N.,Tobias, R.P.. Origin and Alteration of Organic Matter in Termite Mounds from Different Feeding Guilds of the Amazon Rainforests. 2015. |
条目包含的文件 | ||||||
文件名称/大小 | 资源类型 | 版本类型 | 开放类型 | 使用许可 | ||
19326203.jpg(6KB) | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
AMartius1501.pdf(683KB) | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 |
除非特别说明,本系统中所有内容都受版权保护,并保留所有权利。