Rattan Spiny Morphology And Litter Collecting Structures In Association With Ant Colonies

Rattan is a common palm in Malaysian forests but rarely known except for their economic values in furniture or matting products. Many rattan species possess a great number of spines arrangement in various patterns. However, few studies have looked into the different aspects of those spiny structures...

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Main Author:	Kunpeng, Liu
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation geographical distribution)
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/48160/1/Liu%20Kunpeng%20cut.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.481602021-01-21T08:08:15Z Rattan Spiny Morphology And Litter Collecting Structures In Association With Ant Colonies 2019-06 Kunpeng, Liu QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation, geographical distribution) Rattan is a common palm in Malaysian forests but rarely known except for their economic values in furniture or matting products. Many rattan species possess a great number of spines arrangement in various patterns. However, few studies have looked into the different aspects of those spiny structures and their unique functions. This study focused on rattan spine structures in five different species which are common in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia; they are Daemonorops lewisiana, Daemonorops geniculata, Calamus castaneus, Plectomia griffithii and Korthalsia scortechinii. Spine length, width, inclination, density, and strength were measured, and comparison from every aspect was taken to find out which rattan species possess the greatest defensive abilities to protect themselves. The leaf hairs characteristics on leaflets of D. geniculata, D. lewisiana, and C. castaneus were also measured. The results showed that none of the species has an outstanding defensive weapon since every species have their advantages. D. geniculata has the longest spines; D. lewisiana has the strongest spines; C. castaneus has the greatest the number in density and P. griffithii’s down-pointing spines may effectively deter small climbing mammals. K. scortechinii has nothing special in its spiny structures but was still well defended by ant partners colonizing their ocrea structures. Therefore, a rattan plant may rely on multiple defensive strategies and spiny structures only contribute part of its defensive role. During the study, many ant colonies were found on certain species of rattan plants. 2019-06 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/48160/ http://eprints.usm.my/48160/1/Liu%20Kunpeng%20cut.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Kajihayat
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topic	QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation geographical distribution)
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description	Rattan is a common palm in Malaysian forests but rarely known except for their economic values in furniture or matting products. Many rattan species possess a great number of spines arrangement in various patterns. However, few studies have looked into the different aspects of those spiny structures and their unique functions. This study focused on rattan spine structures in five different species which are common in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia; they are Daemonorops lewisiana, Daemonorops geniculata, Calamus castaneus, Plectomia griffithii and Korthalsia scortechinii. Spine length, width, inclination, density, and strength were measured, and comparison from every aspect was taken to find out which rattan species possess the greatest defensive abilities to protect themselves. The leaf hairs characteristics on leaflets of D. geniculata, D. lewisiana, and C. castaneus were also measured. The results showed that none of the species has an outstanding defensive weapon since every species have their advantages. D. geniculata has the longest spines; D. lewisiana has the strongest spines; C. castaneus has the greatest the number in density and P. griffithii’s down-pointing spines may effectively deter small climbing mammals. K. scortechinii has nothing special in its spiny structures but was still well defended by ant partners colonizing their ocrea structures. Therefore, a rattan plant may rely on multiple defensive strategies and spiny structures only contribute part of its defensive role. During the study, many ant colonies were found on certain species of rattan plants.
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author	Kunpeng, Liu
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title	Rattan Spiny Morphology And Litter Collecting Structures In Association With Ant Colonies
title_short	Rattan Spiny Morphology And Litter Collecting Structures In Association With Ant Colonies
title_full	Rattan Spiny Morphology And Litter Collecting Structures In Association With Ant Colonies
title_fullStr	Rattan Spiny Morphology And Litter Collecting Structures In Association With Ant Colonies
title_full_unstemmed	Rattan Spiny Morphology And Litter Collecting Structures In Association With Ant Colonies
title_sort	rattan spiny morphology and litter collecting structures in association with ant colonies
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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publishDate	2019
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