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dc.contributor.authorHouadria, Mickal-
dc.contributor.authorMenzel, Florian-
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-12T10:49:51Z-
dc.date.available2021-11-12T10:49:51Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.urihttps://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/6502-
dc.description.abstractSoil fauna is generally understudied compared to above-ground arthropods, and ants are no exception. Here, we compared a primary and a secondary forest each on two continents using four different sampling methods. Winkler sampling, pitfalls, and four types of above- and below-ground baits (dead, crushed insects; melezitose; living termites; living mealworms/grasshoppers) were applied on four plots (4 × 4 grid points) on each site. Although less diverse than Winkler samples and pitfalls, subterranean baits provided a remarkable ant community. Our baiting system provided a large dataset to systematically quantify strata and dietary specialisation in tropical rainforest ants. Compared to above-ground baits, 10–28% of the species at subterranean baits were overall more common (or unique to) below ground, indicating a fauna that was truly specialised to this stratum. Species turnover was particularly high in the primary forests, both concerning above-ground and subterranean baits and between grid points within a site. This suggests that secondary forests are more impoverished, especially concerning their subterranean fauna. Although subterranean ants rarely displayed specific preferences for a bait type, they were in general more specialised than above-ground ants; this was true for entire communities, but also for the same species if they foraged in both strata.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen Access-Publizieren Universität Mainz / Universitätsmedizin Mainzde
dc.language.isoengde
dc.rightsCC BY*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subject.ddc570 Biowissenschaftende_DE
dc.subject.ddc570 Life sciencesen_GB
dc.titleDigging deeper into the ecology of subterranean ants : diversity and niche partitioning across two continentsen_GB
dc.typeZeitschriftenaufsatzde
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6492-
jgu.type.dinitypearticleen_GB
jgu.type.versionPublished versionde
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jgu.organisation.departmentFB 10 Biologiede
jgu.organisation.number7970-
jgu.organisation.nameJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz-
jgu.rights.accessrightsopenAccess-
jgu.journal.titleDiversityde
jgu.journal.volume13de
jgu.journal.issue2de
jgu.pages.alternative53de
jgu.publisher.year2021-
jgu.publisher.nameMDPIde
jgu.publisher.placeBaselde
jgu.publisher.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/d13020053de
jgu.publisher.issn1424-2818de
jgu.organisation.placeMainz-
jgu.subject.ddccode570de
jgu.publisher.doi10.3390/d13020053
jgu.organisation.rorhttps://ror.org/023b0x485
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