Seasonality, worker caste, and the interaction between island area and habitat type influence the thermal tolerance of ants on fragmented habitat islands.

Yuhao Zhao, Chenxiao Wu, Chi Man Leong, Jiaxin Li, Wei Lu, Yijuan Xu, Xingfeng Si, Nathan J Sanders

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Article in Marine life science & technology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Advancing ecological and environmental biology research.Marine life science & technology · 2025
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Yuhao Zhao *Center for Global Change and Ecological Forecasting, Zhejiang Zhoushan Island Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241 China.

Chenxiao Wu *Center for Global Change and Ecological Forecasting, Zhejiang Zhoushan Island Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241 China.

Chi Man LeongEnvironmental Science Programme, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai, 519087 China.

Jiaxin LiCenter for Global Change and Ecological Forecasting, Zhejiang Zhoushan Island Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241 China.

Wei LuCenter for Global Change and Ecological Forecasting, Zhejiang Zhoushan Island Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241 China.

Yijuan XuGuangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China.

Xingfeng SiCenter for Global Change and Ecological Forecasting, Zhejiang Zhoushan Island Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241 China.

Nathan J SandersDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA.

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Abstract

Habitat fragmentation is a major cause of biodiversity loss. Fragmentation can alter thermal conditions on the remaining patches, especially at habitat edges, but few studies have examined variations in thermal tolerance of species in fragmented habitats. Ants are sensitive to both habitat fragmentation and temperature changes, and are an ideal taxon for studying these impacts. Here, we focused on the dimorphic ant species Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-025-00288-8.

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Cold toleranceHabitat fragmentationHeat toleranceIntraspecific variationPheidole nodusThousand island lake

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PMID40919473

DOI10.1007/s42995-025-00288-8

PMCPMC12413355

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