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DOI	10.1098/rspb.2021.1899
	Warm and arid regions of the world are hotspots of superorganism complexity
	La Richeliere, Frederique; Munoz, Gabriel; Guenard, Benoit; Dunn, Robert R.; Economo, Evan P.; Powell, Scott; Sanders, Nathan J.; Weiser, Michael D.; Abouheif, Ehab; Lessard, Jean-Philippe
通讯作者	Lessard, JP
来源期刊	PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	0962-8452
EISSN	1471-2954
出版年	2022
卷号	289 期号:1968
英文摘要	Biologists have long been fascinated by the processes that give rise to phenotypic complexity of organisms, yet whether there exist geographical hotspots of phenotypic complexity remains poorly explored. Phenotypic complexity can be readily observed in ant colonies, which are superorganisms with morphologically differentiated queen and worker castes analogous to the germline and soma of multicellular organisms. Several ant species have evolved 'worker polymorphism', where workers in a single colony show quantifiable differences in size and head-to-body scaling. Here, we use 256 754 occurrence points from 8990 ant species to investigate the geography of worker polymorphism. We show that arid regions of the world are the hotspots of superorganism complexity. Tropical savannahs and deserts, which are typically species-poor relative to tropical or even temperate forests, harbour the highest densities of polymorphic ants. We discuss the possible adaptive advantages that worker polymorphism provides in arid environments. Our work may provide a window into the environmental conditions that promote the emergence of highly complex phenotypes.
英文关键词	Formicidae ant castes organismic complexity social evolution social organization
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Bronze, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000752812800011
WOS关键词	LATITUDINAL GRADIENT ; SOCIAL COMPLEXITY ; ANT BIODIVERSITY ; CASTE EVOLUTION ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; HYMENOPTERA ; SIZE ; DIVERSITY ; ECOLOGY ; POLYMORPHISM
WOS类目	Biology ; Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/376312
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	La Richeliere, Frederique,Munoz, Gabriel,Guenard, Benoit,et al. Warm and arid regions of the world are hotspots of superorganism complexity[J],2022,289(1968).
APA	La Richeliere, Frederique.,Munoz, Gabriel.,Guenard, Benoit.,Dunn, Robert R..,Economo, Evan P..,...&Lessard, Jean-Philippe.(2022).Warm and arid regions of the world are hotspots of superorganism complexity.PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,289(1968).
MLA	La Richeliere, Frederique,et al."Warm and arid regions of the world are hotspots of superorganism complexity".PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 289.1968(2022).