Ant Communities along a Gradient of Plant Succession in Mexican Tropical Coastal Dunes

<p>Most of Mexican coastal dunes from the Gulf of Mexico have been severely disturbed by human activities. In the state of Veracruz, the La Mancha Reserve is a very well preserved coastal community of sand dunes, where plant successional gradients are determined by topography. In this study we...

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Autores principales:	Patricia Rojas, Carlos Fragoso, William P Mackay
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014
Materias:	ant assemblages, species richness, diversity, La Mancha, México Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d681f5c1d7d34430bd17b147edffa00e2021-12-02T10:59:11ZAnt Communities along a Gradient of Plant Succession in Mexican Tropical Coastal Dunes0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v61i2.119-132https://doaj.org/article/d681f5c1d7d34430bd17b147edffa00e2014-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/296https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525<p>Most of Mexican coastal dunes from the Gulf of Mexico have been severely disturbed by human activities. In the state of Veracruz, the La Mancha Reserve is a very well preserved coastal community of sand dunes, where plant successional gradients are determined by topography. In this study we assessed species richness, diversity and faunal composition of ant assemblages in four plant physiognomies along a gradient of plant succession: grassland, shrub, deciduous forest and subdeciduous forest. Using standardized and non-standardized sampling methods we found a total of 121 ant species distributed in 41 genera and seven subfamilies. Grassland was the poorest site (21 species) and subdeciduous forest the richest (102 species). Seven species, with records in ≥10% of samples, accounted 40.8% of total species occurrences: <em>Solenopsis molesta</em> (21.6%), <em>S. geminata</em> (19.5%), <em>Azteca velox</em> (14%), <em>Brachymyrmex</em> sp. 1LM (11.7%), <em>Dorymyrmex bicolor</em> (11.2%), <em>Camponotus planatus</em> (11%) and <em>Pheidole susannae</em> (10.7%). Faunal composition between sites was highly different. Nearly 40% of all species were found in a single site. In all sites but grassland we found high abundances of several species typical of disturbed ecosystems, indicating high levels of disturbance. A species similarity analysis clustered forests in one group and grassland and shrub in another, both groups separated by more than 60% of dissimilarity. Similarity of ant assemblages suggests that deciduous and subdeciduous forests represent advanced stages of two different and independent successional paths.</p>Patricia RojasCarlos FragosoWilliam P MackayUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santanaarticleant assemblages, species richness, diversity, La Mancha, MéxicoZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 61, Iss 2, Pp 119-132 (2014)
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topic	ant assemblages, species richness, diversity, La Mancha, México Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	ant assemblages, species richness, diversity, La Mancha, México Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Patricia Rojas Carlos Fragoso William P Mackay Ant Communities along a Gradient of Plant Succession in Mexican Tropical Coastal Dunes
description	<p>Most of Mexican coastal dunes from the Gulf of Mexico have been severely disturbed by human activities. In the state of Veracruz, the La Mancha Reserve is a very well preserved coastal community of sand dunes, where plant successional gradients are determined by topography. In this study we assessed species richness, diversity and faunal composition of ant assemblages in four plant physiognomies along a gradient of plant succession: grassland, shrub, deciduous forest and subdeciduous forest. Using standardized and non-standardized sampling methods we found a total of 121 ant species distributed in 41 genera and seven subfamilies. Grassland was the poorest site (21 species) and subdeciduous forest the richest (102 species). Seven species, with records in ≥10% of samples, accounted 40.8% of total species occurrences: <em>Solenopsis molesta</em> (21.6%), <em>S. geminata</em> (19.5%), <em>Azteca velox</em> (14%), <em>Brachymyrmex</em> sp. 1LM (11.7%), <em>Dorymyrmex bicolor</em> (11.2%), <em>Camponotus planatus</em> (11%) and <em>Pheidole susannae</em> (10.7%). Faunal composition between sites was highly different. Nearly 40% of all species were found in a single site. In all sites but grassland we found high abundances of several species typical of disturbed ecosystems, indicating high levels of disturbance. A species similarity analysis clustered forests in one group and grassland and shrub in another, both groups separated by more than 60% of dissimilarity. Similarity of ant assemblages suggests that deciduous and subdeciduous forests represent advanced stages of two different and independent successional paths.</p>
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title	Ant Communities along a Gradient of Plant Succession in Mexican Tropical Coastal Dunes
title_short	Ant Communities along a Gradient of Plant Succession in Mexican Tropical Coastal Dunes
title_full	Ant Communities along a Gradient of Plant Succession in Mexican Tropical Coastal Dunes
title_fullStr	Ant Communities along a Gradient of Plant Succession in Mexican Tropical Coastal Dunes
title_full_unstemmed	Ant Communities along a Gradient of Plant Succession in Mexican Tropical Coastal Dunes
title_sort	ant communities along a gradient of plant succession in mexican tropical coastal dunes
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
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Ant Communities along a Gradient of Plant Succession in Mexican Tropical Coastal Dunes

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