Ant Community Composition Across a Gradient of Disturbed Military Landscapes at Fort Benning, Georgia

Autor:	John C. Zak, John M. Emlen, Jonathan P. Nutter, Hal E. Balbach, Catherine Chamberlin-Graham, David A. Kovacic, Anthony J. Krzysik, W. Russell Long, Jeffrey J. Duda, John H. Graham, D. Carl Freeman, Michael P. Wallace
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Pogonomyrmex badius Crematogaster biology Soil texture Ecology ved/biology Aphaenogaster ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Dorymyrmex Vegetation Pheidole bicarinata biology.organism_classification Geography Indicator species Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Southeastern Naturalist. 7:429-448
ISSN:	1938-5412 1528-7092
DOI:	10.1656/1528-7092-7.3.429
Popis:	Military training, soil texture, and ground cover influence ant communities at Fort Benning, a military installation in west-central Georgia. We sampled 81,237 ground-dwelling ants (47 species in 20 genera) with pitfall traps at 40 sites on a continuum from nearly pristine forest to highly disturbed training areas. We also measured 15 environmental variables related to vegetation and soil. Sites disturbed by military training had fewer trees, less canopy cover, more bare ground, and more compact soils with shallower A-horizons than comparable undisturbed sites. Pheidole bicarinata, Dorymyrmex smithi, and Pogonomyrmex badius dominated the most highly disturbed sites. Competitively submissive myrmicines, such as Aphaenogaster and Crematogaster, and formicines, such as Camponotus and Formica, were abundant in the undisturbed sites. Solenopsis invicta occurred in all but the least disturbed sites. Ant community composition was a useful indicator of disturbance at Fort Benning.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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