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Edge Effects on Community and Social Structure of Northern Temperate Deciduous Forest Ants
Joint Authors
Banschbach, Valerie S.
Yeamans, Rebecca
Holmes, Margaret
Gulka, Annie
Brunelle, Ann
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-08-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Determining how ant communities are impacted by challenges from habitat fragmentation, such as edge effects, will help us understand how ants may be used as a bioindicator taxon.
To assess the impacts of edge effects upon the ant community in a northern temperate deciduous forest, we studied edge and interior sites in Jericho, VT, USA.
The edges we focused upon were created by recreational trails.
We censused the ants at these sites for two consecutive growing seasons using pitfall traps and litter plot excavations.
We also collected nests of the most common ant species at our study sites, Aphaenogaster rudis, for study of colony demography.
Significantly greater total numbers of ants and ant nests were found in the edge sites compared to the interior sites but rarefaction analysis showed no significant difference in species richness.
Aphaenogaster rudis was the numerically dominant ant in the habitats sampled but had a greater relative abundance in the interior sites than in the edge sites both in pitfall and litter plot data.
Queen number of A.
rudis significantly differed between the nests collected in the edge versus the interior sites.
Habitat-dependent changes in social structure of ants represent another possible indicator of ecosystem health.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Banschbach, Valerie S.& Yeamans, Rebecca& Brunelle, Ann& Gulka, Annie& Holmes, Margaret. 2012. Edge Effects on Community and Social Structure of Northern Temperate Deciduous Forest Ants. Psyche،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Banschbach, Valerie S.…[et al.]. Edge Effects on Community and Social Structure of Northern Temperate Deciduous Forest Ants. Psyche No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Banschbach, Valerie S.& Yeamans, Rebecca& Brunelle, Ann& Gulka, Annie& Holmes, Margaret. Edge Effects on Community and Social Structure of Northern Temperate Deciduous Forest Ants. Psyche. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-480537
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-480537