Climate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivars

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Autor(a) principal: Bizarria, Rodolfo [UNESP]
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Kooij, Pepijn W. [UNESP], Rodrigues, Andre [UNESP]
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7110912
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/222742
Resumo: Maintaining symbiosis homeostasis is essential for mutualistic partners. Leaf-cutting ants evolved a long-term symbiotic mutualism with fungal cultivars for nourishment while using vertical asexual transmission across generations. Despite the ants’ efforts to suppress fungal sexual reproduction, scattered occurrences of cultivar basidiomes have been reported. Here, we review the literature for basidiome occurrences and associated climate data. We hypothesized that more basidiome events could be expected in scenarios with an increase in temperature and precipitation. Our field observations and climate data analyses indeed suggest that Acromyrmex coronatus colonies are prone to basidiome occurrences in warmer and wetter seasons. Even though our study partly depended on historical records, occurrences have increased, correlating with climate change. A nest architecture with low (or even the lack of) insulation might be the cause of this phenomenon. The nature of basidiome occurrences in the A. coronatus–fungus mutualism can be useful to elucidate how resilient mutualistic symbioses are in light of climate change scenarios.
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spelling Climate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivarsFungal sexual reproductionFungicultureFungus-growing antsMushroom phenologyNest architectureMaintaining symbiosis homeostasis is essential for mutualistic partners. Leaf-cutting ants evolved a long-term symbiotic mutualism with fungal cultivars for nourishment while using vertical asexual transmission across generations. Despite the ants’ efforts to suppress fungal sexual reproduction, scattered occurrences of cultivar basidiomes have been reported. Here, we review the literature for basidiome occurrences and associated climate data. We hypothesized that more basidiome events could be expected in scenarios with an increase in temperature and precipitation. Our field observations and climate data analyses indeed suggest that Acromyrmex coronatus colonies are prone to basidiome occurrences in warmer and wetter seasons. Even though our study partly depended on historical records, occurrences have increased, correlating with climate change. A nest architecture with low (or even the lack of) insulation might be the cause of this phenomenon. The nature of basidiome occurrences in the A. coronatus–fungus mutualism can be useful to elucidate how resilient mutualistic symbioses are in light of climate change scenarios.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Department of General and Applied Biology São Paulo State University (UNESP)Department of General and Applied Biology São Paulo State University (UNESP)CAPES: 001CNPq: 142396/2019-2FAPESP: 2019/03746-0FAPESP: 2019/24412-2CNPq: 305269/2018-6Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Bizarria, Rodolfo [UNESP]Kooij, Pepijn W. [UNESP]Rodrigues, Andre [UNESP]2022-04-28T19:46:30Z2022-04-28T19:46:30Z2021-11-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7110912Journal of Fungi, v. 7, n. 11, 2021.2309-608Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/22274210.3390/jof71109122-s2.0-85118123828Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengJournal of Fungiinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-04-28T19:46:30Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/222742Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T23:22:05.836448Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Climate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivars
title Climate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivars
spellingShingle Climate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivars
Bizarria, Rodolfo [UNESP]
Fungal sexual reproduction
Fungiculture
Fungus-growing ants
Mushroom phenology
Nest architecture
title_short Climate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivars
title_full Climate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivars
title_fullStr Climate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivars
title_full_unstemmed Climate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivars
title_sort Climate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivars
author Bizarria, Rodolfo [UNESP]
author_facet Bizarria, Rodolfo [UNESP]
Kooij, Pepijn W. [UNESP]
Rodrigues, Andre [UNESP]
author_role author
author2 Kooij, Pepijn W. [UNESP]
Rodrigues, Andre [UNESP]
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bizarria, Rodolfo [UNESP]
Kooij, Pepijn W. [UNESP]
Rodrigues, Andre [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Fungal sexual reproduction
Fungiculture
Fungus-growing ants
Mushroom phenology
Nest architecture
topic Fungal sexual reproduction
Fungiculture
Fungus-growing ants
Mushroom phenology
Nest architecture
description Maintaining symbiosis homeostasis is essential for mutualistic partners. Leaf-cutting ants evolved a long-term symbiotic mutualism with fungal cultivars for nourishment while using vertical asexual transmission across generations. Despite the ants’ efforts to suppress fungal sexual reproduction, scattered occurrences of cultivar basidiomes have been reported. Here, we review the literature for basidiome occurrences and associated climate data. We hypothesized that more basidiome events could be expected in scenarios with an increase in temperature and precipitation. Our field observations and climate data analyses indeed suggest that Acromyrmex coronatus colonies are prone to basidiome occurrences in warmer and wetter seasons. Even though our study partly depended on historical records, occurrences have increased, correlating with climate change. A nest architecture with low (or even the lack of) insulation might be the cause of this phenomenon. The nature of basidiome occurrences in the A. coronatus–fungus mutualism can be useful to elucidate how resilient mutualistic symbioses are in light of climate change scenarios.
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