Ant community structure in secondary logged forest of Malua Forest Reserve Sabah Borneo


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Koid Qian-Qun, . and Wong Rui-Yu, . and Gillian Gabriel, . and Kalsum M. Yusah, . Ant community structure in secondary logged forest of Malua Forest Reserve Sabah Borneo. pp. 305-319. ISSN 2550-1909

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 (n38) and Winkler extraction method for leaf litter ants (n63). A total of 12 810 ant individuals were collected representing 389 morphospecies 65 genera and 11 subfamilies. The most speciesrich 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.


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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 (n38) and Winkler extraction method for leaf litter ants (n63). A total of 12 810 ant individuals were collected representing 389 morphospecies 65 genera and 11 subfamilies. The most speciesrich 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.

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Item Type: Article
AGROVOC Term: Formicidae
AGROVOC Term: Forest reserves
AGROVOC Term: Environmental assessment
AGROVOC Term: Surveys
AGROVOC Term: Logging
AGROVOC Term: Habitat improvement
AGROVOC Term: Entomologists
AGROVOC Term: Ecologists
AGROVOC Term: Researchers
AGROVOC Term: Biodiversity
Depositing User: Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified: 24 Apr 2025 00:55
URI: http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10222

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