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DOI	10.1016/j.apsoil.2018.10.006
	Feeding-strategy effect of Pheidole ants on microbial carbon and physicochemical properties in tropical forest soils
	Wang, Shaojun; Li, Jihang; Zhang, Zhe; Chen, Minkun; Li, Shaohui; Cao, Run
通讯作者	Wang, Shaojun
来源期刊	APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
ISSN	0929-1393
EISSN	1873-0272
出版年	2019
卷号	133 页码:177-185
英文摘要	The research about the effect of ants on soils is generally focused on the aboveground-nesting ant species in temperate soils. Little is known about the potential of belowground nesting ants in regulating soil properties in tropical forests. In this study, three belowground-nesting Pheidole ant species with different feeding habits were surveyed to explore the nesting effects on microbial carbon and physicochemical properties in tropical forest soils. We found that Pheidole ants with high-density nests can induce a pronounced effect on the concentration and vertical variability of microbial carbon and physicochemical properties in soils. Pheidole capellini as a honeydew harvester elevated the levels of soil microbial carbon, soil temperature, total organic carbon, readily oxidizable carbon, and total nitrogen and NO3-, but decreased soil bulk density. Whereas, the highest increase in soil moisture and NH4+ was observed in the nests of P. noda ants (seed predator), and the greatest decrease of dissolved organic nitrogen was in the nests of P. spathifera ants (scavenger). Pheidole capellini ants inputted more materials into the nests, thus they had the greatest modification on the concentration and vertical change in soil properties. We conclude that Pheidole ant species differ in the direction and power of their effect on soil heterogeneity and soil fertility, which may be mainly attributed to different feeding strategies in the tropical forests.
英文关键词	Ant nest Microbial carbon Pheidole Soil physicochemical properties Tropical forest
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Peoples R China
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000449698100020
WOS关键词	NITROGEN POOLS ; MOUNDS ; DESERT ; IMPACT ; PLANT ; NESTS ; HYMENOPTERA ; FORMICIDAE ; NUTRIENTS
WOS类目	Soil Science
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/214267
作者单位	Southwest Forestry Univ, Coll Ecol & Soil & Water Conservat, 300 Bailongsi, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Shaojun,Li, Jihang,Zhang, Zhe,et al. Feeding-strategy effect of Pheidole ants on microbial carbon and physicochemical properties in tropical forest soils[J],2019,133:177-185.
APA	Wang, Shaojun,Li, Jihang,Zhang, Zhe,Chen, Minkun,Li, Shaohui,&Cao, Run.(2019).Feeding-strategy effect of Pheidole ants on microbial carbon and physicochemical properties in tropical forest soils.APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY,133,177-185.
MLA	Wang, Shaojun,et al."Feeding-strategy effect of Pheidole ants on microbial carbon and physicochemical properties in tropical forest soils".APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY 133(2019):177-185.