TY - JOUR
T1 - Habitat disturbance and the diversity and abundance of ants (Formicidae) in the Southeastern Fall-Line Sandhills
AU - Graham, John H.
AU - Hughie, Hoyt H.
AU - Jones, Susan
AU - Wrinn, Kerri
AU - Krzysik, Anthony J.
AU - Duda, Jeffrey J.
AU - Carl Freeman, D.
AU - Emlen, John M.
AU - Zak, John C.
AU - Kovacic, David A.
AU - Chamberlin-Graham, Catherine
AU - Balbach, Harold
PY - 2004/9/17
Y1 - 2004/9/17
N2 - We examined habitat disturbance, species richness, equitability, and abundance of ants in the Fall-Line Sandhills, at Fort Benning, Georgia. We collected ants with pitfall traps, sweep nets, and by searching tree trunks. Disturbed areas were used for military training; tracked and wheeled vehicles damaged vegetation and soils. Highly disturbed sites had fewer trees, diminished ground cover, warmer soils in the summer, and more compacted soils with a shallower A-horizon. We collected 48 species of ants, in 23 genera (141,468 individuals), over four years of sampling. Highly disturbed areas had fewer species, and greater numbers of ants than did moderately or lightly disturbed areas. The ant communities in disturbed areas were also less equitable, and were dominated by Dorymyrmex smithi.
AB - We examined habitat disturbance, species richness, equitability, and abundance of ants in the Fall-Line Sandhills, at Fort Benning, Georgia. We collected ants with pitfall traps, sweep nets, and by searching tree trunks. Disturbed areas were used for military training; tracked and wheeled vehicles damaged vegetation and soils. Highly disturbed sites had fewer trees, diminished ground cover, warmer soils in the summer, and more compacted soils with a shallower A-horizon. We collected 48 species of ants, in 23 genera (141,468 individuals), over four years of sampling. Highly disturbed areas had fewer species, and greater numbers of ants than did moderately or lightly disturbed areas. The ant communities in disturbed areas were also less equitable, and were dominated by Dorymyrmex smithi.
KW - Ecological communities
KW - Landscape disturbance
KW - Military training
KW - Species richness
KW - Upland mixed pine-hardwoods forest
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=5444221862&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/jis/4.1.30
DO - 10.1093/jis/4.1.30
M3 - Article
C2 - 15861245
AN - SCOPUS:5444221862
SN - 1536-2442
VL - 4
JO - Journal of Insect Science
JF - Journal of Insect Science
ER -