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| DOI | 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:067 |
| Habitat complexity affects functional traits and diversity of ant assemblages in urban green spaces (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | |
| Nooten, Sabine S.1,2; Schultheiss, Patrick1,3; Rowe, Rhiannon C.1; Facey, Sarah L.1; Cook, James M.1 | |
| 通讯作者 | Nooten, Sabine S. |
| 来源期刊 | MYRMECOLOGICAL NEWS
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| ISSN | 1994-4136 |
| 出版年 | 2019 |
| 卷号 | 29页码:67-77 |
| 英文摘要 | Habitat complexity conferred by vegetation characteristics mediates key processes that govern the assemblage of insect communities. Thus, species within the community should only persist if their functional traits are well-matched to the conditions of their environment. Here, we compared ant assemblages between habitats in terms of species richness and functional-trait distribution at the species and the assemblage level. Ants were collected from 36 sites representing different degrees of habitat complexity mediated by standing vegetation. We found fewer ant species in simpler habitats, supporting the habitat-heterogeneity hypothesis. We measured key functional traits of ants that reflect their foraging and dispersal strategies, such as body size, femur length, antenna scape length, and head length / width. Interactions of species traits with measured habitat complexity variables were assessed at the species and the assemblage level using a fourth-corner approach. Ant traits were closely related to environmental complexity. In wooded habitats, ants were larger and had broader heads, while ants with longer antenna scapes prevailed in habitats with a dense herb / grass layer. Our study suggests that vegetation structural complexity can act as an environmental filter, driving ant assemblages in terms of both species numbers and functional traits. Our results can be used to predict turnover patterns in ant assemblages due to changes in management practices. |
| 英文关键词 | Ant assemblages functional traits fourth corner habitat complexity |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 国家 | Australia ; USA ; Germany |
| 收录类别 | SCI-E |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000482711800005 |
| WOS关键词 | SIZE-GRAIN HYPOTHESIS ; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION ; SPECIES-DIVERSITY ; BODY-SIZE ; BIODIVERSITY ; BIOINDICATORS ; MANAGEMENT ; PATTERNS ; ECOLOGY ; DESERT |
| WOS类目 | Entomology |
| WOS研究方向 | Entomology |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/217707 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Western Sydney Univ, Hawkesbury Inst Environm, Penrith, NSW, Australia; 2.Univ New Hampshire, Dept Biol Sci, Durham, NH 03824 USA; 3.Univ Wurzburg, Dept Behav Physiol & Sociobiol, Wurzburg, Germany |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Nooten, Sabine S.,Schultheiss, Patrick,Rowe, Rhiannon C.,et al. Habitat complexity affects functional traits and diversity of ant assemblages in urban green spaces (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)[J],2019,29:67-77. |
| APA | Nooten, Sabine S.,Schultheiss, Patrick,Rowe, Rhiannon C.,Facey, Sarah L.,&Cook, James M..(2019).Habitat complexity affects functional traits and diversity of ant assemblages in urban green spaces (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).MYRMECOLOGICAL NEWS,29,67-77. |
| MLA | Nooten, Sabine S.,et al."Habitat complexity affects functional traits and diversity of ant assemblages in urban green spaces (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)".MYRMECOLOGICAL NEWS 29(2019):67-77. |
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