Koid, Qian-Qun and Wong, Rui-Yu and Gillian Gabriel and Kalsum M. Yusah (2021) Ant Community Structure in Secondary Logged Forest of Malua Forest Reserve, Sabah, Borneo. Journal Of Tropical Biology And Conservation, 18. pp. 305-319. ISSN 1823-3902 (P-ISSN) , 2550-1909 (E-ISSN)
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Abstract
Ants are ecologically dominant and important in the functioning of an ecosystem. Thus, understanding their community structure has become fundamental in ecological studies. This study aims to examine the ant richness, abundance, and composition in the secondary logged forests of Sabah, Malaysia. Ground-based fogging was employed to collect canopy ants (n=38) and Winkler extraction method for leaf litter ants (n=63). A total of 12,810 ant individuals were collected, representing 389 morphospecies, 65 genera, and 11 subfamilies. The most species-rich subfamily for canopy and leaf litter ants were Formicinae (112 morphospecies, 49.34%) and Myrmicinae (116 morphospecies, 58.00%) respectively. Polyrhachis (56 morphospecies, 24.67%) was the most diverse genera in the canopy, while Pheidole (23 morphospecies, 11.50%) was the most speciose genera on the leaf litter. The most abundant species for canopy and leaf litter ants were Dolichoderus 1 (876 individuals) and Carebara 2 (1,215 individuals) respectively. The randomized species accumulation curves and species richness estimators reveal that additional sampling is required. We suggest that incorporating a variety of ant sampling methods and high sampling efforts are important to thoroughly sample the ant assemblage in an area.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Formicidae , Borneo , Secondary logged forest , Species estimators , Accumulation curve |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology > QL1-991 Zoology S Agriculture > SD Forestry > SD1-669.5 Forestry |
| Department: | INSTITUTE > Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation |
| Depositing User: | SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS - |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2022 11:43 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Apr 2022 11:43 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32285 |
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