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DOI	10.1111/rec.13605
	Old-field restoration improves habitat for ants in a semi-arid landscape
	Parkhurst, Tina; Standish, Rachel J.; Andersen, Alan N.; Prober, Suzanne M.
通讯作者	Parkhurst, T (corresponding author), Murdoch Univ, Harry Butler Inst, Perth, WA 6150, Australia. ; Parkhurst, T (corresponding author), CSIRO Land & Water, Land & Water, Perth, WA 6913, Australia.
来源期刊	RESTORATION ECOLOGY
ISSN	1061-2971
EISSN	1526-100X
出版年	2021-11
英文摘要	Many old fields are undergoing ecological restoration aiming to return lost biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, there is scant evidence that this outcome is achieved. Here we investigate the effects of tree planting following cessation of cropping on ant communities. Ants are a dominant faunal group, functionally important for ecosystem recovery and widely used as indicators of ecosystem restoration. Using a space-for-time approach, we surveyed eight fallow croplands, 10-year-old planted old fields, and reference woodlands in semi-arid south-western Australia. We tested the extent ant communities in planted old fields diverged from those of fallow cropland and converged with those of reference woodlands, distinguishing areas under tree canopies and open patches to account for a direct tree effect. We analyzed ant community data at species, genus, and functional-group levels. Ant species composition in planted old fields substantially converged from fallow croplands toward reference woodlands. Abundance and richness of genera in the tree-associated functional group Subordinate Camponotini was higher under trees than in open areas in planted old fields and reference woodlands. Unlike in reference woodlands, abundance and richness of Hot Climate Specialists was not higher in open areas than under trees in planted old fields, indicating that planted trees did not yet strongly impact the microclimate beneath them. Although old field restoration had positive effects on ant assemblages, full convergence to reference woodlands had not been achieved after 10 years. This was particularly evident for functional groups. Research on older plantings is needed to test if and when full convergence occurs.
英文关键词	agricultural landscape Eucalyptus loxophleba Formicidae functional groups Hymenoptera microhabitat old-field restoration semi-arid woodland
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000722321500001
WOS关键词	ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION ; AUSTRALIAN ANT ; LAND ; REVEGETATION ; COMMUNITIES ; REHABILITATION ; FRAGMENTATION ; EXTRAPOLATION ; INVERTEBRATES ; BIOINDICATORS
WOS类目	Ecology
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/2XILL650/374629
作者单位	[Parkhurst, Tina; Standish, Rachel J.] Murdoch Univ, Harry Butler Inst, Perth, WA 6150, Australia; [Parkhurst, Tina; Prober, Suzanne M.] CSIRO Land & Water, Land & Water, Perth, WA 6913, Australia; [Andersen, Alan N.] Charles Darwin Univ, Res Inst Environm & Livelihoods, Darwin, NT 0811, Australia; [Prober, Suzanne M.] Univ Western Australia, Sch Biol Sci, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Parkhurst, Tina,Standish, Rachel J.,Andersen, Alan N.,et al. Old-field restoration improves habitat for ants in a semi-arid landscape[J],2021.
APA	Parkhurst, Tina,Standish, Rachel J.,Andersen, Alan N.,&Prober, Suzanne M..(2021).Old-field restoration improves habitat for ants in a semi-arid landscape.RESTORATION ECOLOGY.
MLA	Parkhurst, Tina,et al."Old-field restoration improves habitat for ants in a semi-arid landscape".RESTORATION ECOLOGY (2021).