Ants of the Forest and Dune Habitats of an Atlantic Coastal Barrier Island

IF 0.5 4区环境科学与生态学 Q4 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Northeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2021-11-26 DOI:10.1656/045.028.0413

Denise Manole, J. Selfridge, A. Wilson, Lien Miller, Dana L. Price

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Abstract

Abstract We investigated ant species richness and abundance of the maritime forest and dune habitats of Assateague Island, a barrier island off the coasts of Maryland and Virginia. We paired 5 transects of 100 m in forest habitats with 5 transects in dune and grassland habitats, with pitfall traps set every 10 m along each transect. During a 5-month period (May–September), we collected 26 species of ants, including 9 that had not been previously recorded on the island and 2 that had never been recorded east of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. Forest habitats had a significantly higher species richness than the dunes, with 24 and 14 species collected, respectively. Our research provides baseline data on ant species richness for this temperate barrier island using pitfall-collection methods. We provide evidence for forest habitats supporting higher species richness and make suggestions for future research.

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大西洋海岸堰洲岛森林和沙丘栖息地的蚂蚁

摘要我们调查了Assateague岛海洋森林和沙丘栖息地的蚂蚁物种丰富度和丰度，AssateagueIsland是马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州海岸的一个屏障岛。我们将森林栖息地的5条100米的样带与沙丘和草原栖息地的5个样带配对，每个样带每10米设置一个陷阱。在5个月的时间里（5月至9月），我们收集了26种蚂蚁，其中9种以前从未在岛上记录过，2种在马里兰州切萨皮克湾以东从未记录过。森林栖息地的物种丰富度明显高于沙丘，分别采集了24种和14种。我们的研究使用陷阱收集方法提供了这个温带屏障岛蚂蚁物种丰富度的基线数据。我们为支持更高物种丰富度的森林栖息地提供了证据，并为未来的研究提出了建议。

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Northeastern Naturalist 环境科学-生态学

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1.10

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18-36 weeks

期刊介绍： The Northeastern Naturalist covers all aspects of the natural history sciences of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine organisms and the environments of the northeastern portion of North America, roughly bounded from Virginia to Missouri, north to Minnesota and Nunavut, east to Newfoundland, and south back to Virginia. Manuscripts based on field studies outside of this region that provide information on species within this region may be considered at the Editor’s discretion. The journal welcomes manuscripts based on observations and research focused on the biology of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine organisms and communities as it relates to their life histories and their function within, use of, and adaptation to the environment and the habitats in which they are found, as well as on the ecology and conservation of species and habitats. Such studies may encompass measurements, surveys, and/or experiments in the field, under lab conditions, or utilizing museum and herbarium specimens. Subject areas include, but are not limited to, anatomy, behavior, biogeography, biology, conservation, evolution, ecology, genetics, parasitology, physiology, population biology, and taxonomy. Strict lab, modeling, and simulation studies on natural history aspects of the region, without any field component, will be considered for publication as long as the research has direct and clear significance to field naturalists and the manuscript discusses these implications.