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DOI	10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104122
	Ants invading deserts: Non-native species in arid Moroccan oases
	Taheri, Ahmed; Elmahroussi, Mohamed; Reyes-Lopez, Joaquin-Luis; Bennas, Nard; Brito, Jose Carlos
通讯作者	Brito, JC
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
ISSN	0140-1963
EISSN	1095-922X
出版年	2021
卷号	184
英文摘要	The oases of Morocco, located between the Mediterranean and the Sahara ecoregions, constitute the main defence system of the temperate region against desert encroachment. This study aims to determine species richness and distribution of native and non-native ants in the oases of southern Morocco. Survey campaigns were conducted in 11 oases between March and May 2017. Thirty-four ant species belonging to 13 genera and three subfamilies were collected. The regional catalogue of Formicidae is enriched by 27 new species (total 44 species) and five were listed as non-native species (11.4% of diversity). The most frequent species is Pheidole pallidula and the richest oasis is Allogoum (containing 11 species of which two are exotic and three are native and exclusively detected here). Of the 11 studied oases, only four were free from non-native ant species. Regression-based methods indicated that species diversity of non-native ants is related to water availability and total flow rate of sources, and only total flow rate of sources for all species combined. All correlations become non-significant when non-native species are removed from analyses, suggesting a recent colonisation and early invasion. Water availability is necessary to maintain local myrmecological diversity. This study sets the basis for future identification of the impacts of non-native ants on the ecological integrity of oasis ecosystem and to establish conservation measures.
英文关键词	Distribution Diversity Exotic species Formicidae Sahara Water availability
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000579976600001
WOS关键词	HYMENOPTERA-FORMICIDAE
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/327919
作者单位	[Taheri, Ahmed] Univ Chouaib Doukkali, Fac Sci El Jadida, Dept Biol, BP 20, El Jadida 24000, Morocco; [Elmahroussi, Mohamed; Bennas, Nard] Univ Abdelmalek Essaadi, Fac Sci Tetouan, Dept Biol, BP 2121, Tetouan, Morocco; [Reyes-Lopez, Joaquin-Luis] Univ Cordoba, Area Ecol, Bldg C-4 Celestino Mutis,Rabanales Campus, Cordoba, Spain; [Brito, Jose Carlos] Univ Porto, Ctr Invest Biodiversidade & Recursos Genet, CIBIO InBIO, R Padre Armando Quintas, P-4485661 Vairao, Portugal; [Brito, Jose Carlos] Univ Porto, Dept Biol, Fac Ciencias, Rua Campo Alegre, P-4169007 Porto, Portugal
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Taheri, Ahmed,Elmahroussi, Mohamed,Reyes-Lopez, Joaquin-Luis,et al. Ants invading deserts: Non-native species in arid Moroccan oases[J],2021,184.
APA	Taheri, Ahmed,Elmahroussi, Mohamed,Reyes-Lopez, Joaquin-Luis,Bennas, Nard,&Brito, Jose Carlos.(2021).Ants invading deserts: Non-native species in arid Moroccan oases.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,184.
MLA	Taheri, Ahmed,et al."Ants invading deserts: Non-native species in arid Moroccan oases".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 184(2021).