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DOI | 10.1016/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
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ISSN | 1146-609X |
EISSN | 1873-6238 |
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 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | 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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