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DOI	10.1093/ee/nvz069
	Effects of Urbanization on the Diversity, Abundance, and Composition of Ant Assemblages in an Arid City
	Miguelena, Javier G.; Baker, Paul B.
通讯作者	Miguelena, JG (corresponding author), Univ Arizona, Dept Entomol, Forbes 410 POB 2100 36, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA.
来源期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY
ISSN	0046-225X
EISSN	1938-2936
出版年	2019
卷号	48 期号:4 页码:836-846
英文摘要	Cities within arid regions make up a significant but understudied subset of the urban ecosystems of the world. To assess the effects of urbanization, fragmentation, and land-use change in an arid city, we sampled the ant assemblages in three habitat types in Tucson, Arizona: irrigated neighborhood parks, urban desert remnants, and preserved desert. We analyzed the abundance, species richness, evenness, as well as the species and functional group composition of ant assemblages. We found no significant differences in species richness or evenness. However, irrigated parks had significantly greater ant abundances. Although some exotic species were present in the urban habitats, they did not have significant effects on ant diversity. Ant assemblages from all three habitat types were distinct from each other in their composition. Irrigated parks included a significantly higher proportion of species typically found in cooler and wetter climates. The differences in abundance and species composition between irrigated parks and the other habitats are likely the effect of irrigation removing water as a limiting factor for colony growth and increasing resource availability, as well as producing a localized cooling effect. Our results show that arid urban ecosystems may include considerable biodiversity, in part thanks to increased landscape heterogeneity resulting from the irrigation of green areas.
英文关键词	urbanization ant diversity urban heat island park cool island
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000493086500008
WOS关键词	PARK COOL ISLAND ; HYMENOPTERA-FORMICIDAE ; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES ; BIOTIC HOMOGENIZATION ; URBAN AREAS ; LAND-USE ; BIODIVERSITY ; PATTERNS ; FRAMEWORK ; RESPONSES
WOS类目	Entomology
WOS研究方向	Entomology
来源机构	University of Arizona
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369620
作者单位	[Miguelena, Javier G.; Baker, Paul B.] Univ Arizona, Dept Entomol, Forbes 410 POB 2100 36, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Miguelena, Javier G.,Baker, Paul B.. Effects of Urbanization on the Diversity, Abundance, and Composition of Ant Assemblages in an Arid City[J]. University of Arizona,2019,48(4):836-846.
APA	Miguelena, Javier G.,&Baker, Paul B..(2019).Effects of Urbanization on the Diversity, Abundance, and Composition of Ant Assemblages in an Arid City.ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY,48(4),836-846.
MLA	Miguelena, Javier G.,et al."Effects of Urbanization on the Diversity, Abundance, and Composition of Ant Assemblages in an Arid City".ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 48.4(2019):836-846.