Invasive Big-Headed Ants and Black Rats Are Dominant Arthropod Predators Across Opposing Habitats of a Degraded Oceanic Island

IF 1.8 3区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ECOLOGY

Biotropica Pub Date : 2025-05-06 DOI:10.1111/btp.70044

Adam Sharp, Weng Yuen Chin, Noel Tawatao

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Abstract

Invasive animals threaten island-native arthropods with predation. We found that introduced ants and rats conducted 77% of experimental arthropod live bait predations on Ascension Island. Predation was mostly by big-headed ants Pheidole megacephala inland and around non-native vegetation, and by black rats Rattus rattus in coastal lowland habitats and caves.

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入侵的大头蚁和黑鼠是一个退化的海洋岛屿对立栖息地的主要节肢动物捕食者

入侵动物以捕食威胁岛屿原生节肢动物。研究发现，在阿森松岛上，77%的节肢动物饵料捕食是由外来蚂蚁和大鼠完成的。主要捕食对象是内陆和非原生植被周围的大头蚁Pheidole megacephala，沿海低地栖息地和洞穴中的黑鼠Rattus Rattus。

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Biotropica 环境科学-生态学

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

9.50%

发文量

122

审稿时长

8-16 weeks

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