Subterranean Pitfall Traps : Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol?
Joint Authors
Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.
Pacheco, Renata
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-09-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The use of subterranean traps is a relatively novel method to sample ants, and few studies have evaluated its performance relative to other methods.
We collected ants in forests, savannas, and crops in central Brazil using subterranean pitfall traps and conventional pitfall traps placed on the soil surface.
Sampling duration, soil depth, and sprinkling vegetal oil around traps all tended to affect the number of species found in subterranean traps.
Sixteen percent of the species collected in subterranean traps were unique, and most of these had cryptobiotic morphology (i.e., were truly hypogaeic species).
Surprisingly, however, subterranean and conventional traps were similarly efficient at capturing cryptobiotic species.
Furthermore, subterranean traps captured far fewer species in total than conventional traps (75 versus 220 species), and this was true in all three habitats sampled.
Sampling completeness increased very little using a combination of conventional and subterranean traps than using just conventional traps.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pacheco, Renata& Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.. 2011. Subterranean Pitfall Traps : Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol?. Psyche،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-504944
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pacheco, Renata& Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.. Subterranean Pitfall Traps : Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol?. Psyche No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-504944
American Medical Association (AMA)
Pacheco, Renata& Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.. Subterranean Pitfall Traps : Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol?. Psyche. 2011. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-504944
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-504944