Effect of pine reforestation associated with soil disturbance on ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a semiarid steppe

Title:

Effect of pine reforestation associated with soil disturbance on ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a semiarid steppe

Creator:

Catarineu, Chema, Reyes-López, Joaquín, Herraiz, Joan A, and Barberá, Gonzalo G

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:d11acbe2-d438-4b81-a852-a105580e2eba
uuid:d11acbe2-d438-4b81-a852-a105580e2eba
issn:1210-5759
doi:10.14411/eje.2018.054

Subject:

mravencovití, ants, interspecific competition, Mechanical Site Preparation, nest site availability, pine reforestation, soil disturbance, species richness, vegetation changes, 2, and 59

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

print, počítač, and online zdroj

Description:

Soil and changes in vegetation may affect ant assemblages, but the relative importance of each in different habitats is not well characterized. In particular, information on the effects of ecological restoration on arthropods is scarce. It was decided, therefore, to study how reforestation may affect an ant assemblage. Ants were sampled in area that had been reforested and adjacent grassland using pitfall traps. Soil surface and vegetation were characterized. The disturbance of the vegetation caused by reforestation resulted in a decrease in the cover of Stipa tenacissima and Cistaceae and an increase in the cover of pine. The mechanical preparation of the site also resulted in changes in the soil surface, with an increase in the cover of stones and rocks. Ant species richness and abundance were greater at the reforested site than in the grassland and more species showed a positive than a negative response to reforestation. The underlying causes of this pattern are mainly related to changes in vegetation and structure of the soil surface and are associated with the increase in the cover of pine, which most probably provided additional food resources, and the greater cover of stones and rocks that provided more shelter for the ant assemblage., Chema Catarineu, Joaquín Reyes-López, Joan A. Herraiz, Gonzalo G. Barberá., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2018 Volume:115 | Number:1

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