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DOI10.1016/j.actao.2005.12.001
Ant diversity and its relationship with vegetation and soil factors in an alluvial fan of the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico
Rios-Casanova, Leticia; Valiente-Banuet, Alfonso; Rico-Gray, Victor
通讯作者Rios-Casanova, Leticia
来源期刊ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
ISSN1146-609X
EISSN1873-6238
出版年2006
卷号29期号:3页码:316-323
英文摘要

In this study, we analyze the ant community found along an alluvial fan located in the Tehuacan Valley, central Mexico. Considering that this fan is composed of four terraces with different soils and vegetation structures, our main goal was to determine whether there are significant differences in ant diversity among terraces. To accomplish this goal, we determine species richness and abundance in order to calculate diversity and evenness indices. In addition, we classify species in different feeding guilds to evaluate whether differences among terraces exist. We expected higher ant diversity and variety of food guilds in terraces with sandy soils and complex vegetation structures than in terraces with argillic and calcic horizons. Correlations between several diversity parameters, and soil percent-sand and vegetation structure were also conducted. A total of 26 ant species were recorded along the fan. Species richness was not different among terraces whereas abundance was higher in sandy soils and on terraces with complex vegetation structure. Particularly, the abundance of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus was higher in these terraces decreasing total ant diversity and evenness. Species richness within feeding guilds was similar among terraces with the generalized foragers as the most common. Our work suggests that percentage of sand in the soil and complexity of vegetation structure of the alluvial fan studied might be influencing ant distribution and favoring the abundance of numerically dominant species which could be affecting the diversity patterns of the whole community. (c) 2006 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.


英文关键词alluvial fan ant community Atta mexicana Pogonomyrmex barbatus Solenopsis xyloni soil Tehuacan Valley Mexico vegetation structure
类型Article
语种英语
国家Mexico
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000238910500010
WOS关键词POGONOMYRMEX-RUGOSUS ; HARVESTER ANTS ; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT ; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ; SONORAN DESERT ; PATTERNS ; BIODIVERSITY ; HYMENOPTERA ; FORMICIDAE ; CALIFORNIA
WOS类目Ecology
WOS研究方向Environmental Sciences & Ecology
来源机构Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/150563
作者单位(1)Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ecol, Dept Ecol Biodiversidad, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico;(2)Inst Ecol, Dept Ecol Vegetal, Veracruz 91070, Mexico
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Rios-Casanova, Leticia,Valiente-Banuet, Alfonso,Rico-Gray, Victor. Ant diversity and its relationship with vegetation and soil factors in an alluvial fan of the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico[J]. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,2006,29(3):316-323.
APA Rios-Casanova, Leticia,Valiente-Banuet, Alfonso,&Rico-Gray, Victor.(2006).Ant diversity and its relationship with vegetation and soil factors in an alluvial fan of the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico.ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY,29(3),316-323.
MLA Rios-Casanova, Leticia,et al."Ant diversity and its relationship with vegetation and soil factors in an alluvial fan of the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico".ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 29.3(2006):316-323.
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