Table 1.
Termite (morpho)species cohabiting termitaria in a ‘cerrado’ ecosystem.
Figure 1.
Overall summary of diet spaces of termite communities cohabiting termitaria, as inferred from their isotopic profile.
Each panel depicts a set of termitaria of a given builder (Constrictotermes cyphergaster or Velocitermes heteropterus). Axes represent the concentration of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in termite bodies. Each dot refers to a group of termite workers weighing 1.5 g. Each Bayesian standard ellipsis represents a single termitarium. Dotted lines parallel to x-axis define 3‰
intervals thought to correspond to trophically distinct positions. Both, inquiline and builder species are included. See Table 1 for termite species identities.
Figure 2.
Overall summary of diet spaces of builder and inquilines termites, as inferred from their isotopic profile.
Each panel depicts a set of termitaria of a given builder (Constrictotermes cyphergaster or Velocitermes heteropterus). Axes represent the concentration of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in termite bodies. Each dot refers to a group of termite workers weighing 1.5 g. Each Bayesian standard ellipsis represents the full set of builders or inquilines amassed across all termitaria studied. Dotted lines parallel to x-axis define 3‰
intervals thought to correspond to trophically distinct positions. See Table 1 for termite species identities.
Figure 3.
Diet spaces of termite species coexisting in termitaria built by Velocitermes heteropterus, as inferred from their isotopic profile.
Each panel represents a single termitarium. Axes represent the concentration of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in termite bodies. Each dot refers to a group of termite workers weighing 1.5 g. Bayesian standard ellipses refer to the builder and its inquiline termite species. Dotted lines parallel to x-axis define 3‰
intervals thought to correspond to trophically distinct positions.
Figure 4.
Diet spaces of termite species coexisting in termitaria built by Constrictotermes cyphergaster, as inferred from their isotopic profile.
Each panel represents a single termitarium. Axes represent the concentration of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in termite bodies. Each dot refers to a group of termite workers weighing 1.5 g. Bayesian standard ellipses refer to the builder and its inquiline termite species. Dotted lines parallel to x-axis define 3‰
intervals thought to correspond to trophically distinct positions.