Vegetation structure of plantain-based agrosystems determines numerical dominance in community of ground-dwelling ants

Vegetation structure of plantain-based agrosystems determines numerical dominance in community of ground-dwelling ants (#17973)

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23 In tropics, ants can represent an important part of animal biomass and are known to be 24 involved in ecosystem services, such as pest regulation. Understanding the mechanisms 25 underlying the structuring of local ant communities is therefore important in agroecology. In 26 the humid tropics of Africa, plantains are cropped in association with many other annual and 27 perennial crops. Such ...

Effects of Harvester Ants’ Nest Activity (Messor spp.) on Structure and Function of Plant Community in a Steppe Rangeland (Case Study: Roodshoor, Saveh, Iran)

Harvester ants are known as one of the most renowned bio-disturbances in the arid and semi-arid ecosystems that affecte vegetation by collecting seeds and harvesting plants. It seems that physiognomy of plant association in steppe shrub land of Roodshoor, Saveh, Iran has been highly changed by harvester ants’ activities that caused to conduct this research. The study was carried out on active a...

Dominance in a ground‐dwelling ant community of banana agroecosystem

In tropical ecosystems, ants represent a substantial portion of the animal biomass and contribute to various ecosystem services, including pest regulation and pollination. Dominant ant species are known to determine the structure of ant communities by interfering in the foraging of other ant species. Using bait and pitfall trapping experiments, we performed a pattern analysis at a fine spatial ...

Mangrove vegetation and community structure of brachyuran crabs as ecological indicators of Pondicherry coast, South east coast of India

  Baseline ecological studies of Pondicherry mangroves are important for monitoring, management and conservation of mangrove ecosystems. A brachyuran crab faunal assemblage at four stations of Pondicherry mangroves is described and monthly samplings were made during September 2008 – August 2009. Totally 22 species of brachyuran crabs belonging to 12 genera and 5 families were recorded crabs bel...