Ant Diversity Sampling on the Southern Cumberland Plateau: A Comparison of Litter Sifting and Pitfall Trapping

Martelli, Matthew G.; Ward, Mercedes M.; Fraser, Ann M.

doi:10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0113:adsots]2.0.co;2

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“…Nordlander pitfall trapping was shown to be more efficacious in both actual (i.e., Mao Tau) and estimated total species richness (i.e., Chao2) although the differences were not large species than pitfall trap sampling (Olson 1991;Fisher 1999;Martelli et al 2004). In the tropical rainforests of eastern Madagascar one study recovered five times the number of species using mini-Winklers as compared to small pitfall traps (18-mm diameter) (Fisher 1999).…”

Section: Sampling For Total Species Richnessmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…In contrast, in temperate hardwood and pine forests in Tennessee it was found that litter sifting yielded 1.2-2.5 times the number of species as pitfall traps (Martelli et al 2004). The poor performance of pitfall traps in this study may have arisen from the relatively short period (48 h) of trapping.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…In a South African savanna with a total species richness of 34, no unique species were reported from mini-Winkler samples (0.5 m which were equivalent to my study) while 5 unique species were recovered from 62-mm diameter pitfall trap samples (Parr and Chown 2001). In hardwood and pine forests in Tennessee with a total species richness of 23, eight unique species were reported in mini-Winkler samples as compared to two in pitfall traps (Martelli et al 2004). Pitfall captures were found to be entirely redundant to mini-Winkler litter samples in Madagascar where total species richness was 381 (Fisher 1999 …”

Section: Sampling For Total Species Richnessmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Other authors, however, prefer to use frequency of occurrence data exclusively (Romero and Jaffe 1989;Osborn et al 1999;Andersen et al 2002;Martelli et al 2004), where each species is tallied only as present or absent in each pitfall trap. This is a more cautious approach to interpreting pitfall trap data that gives consideration to the natural history of ants.…”

Section: Relative Abundance and The Spatial Distribution O/formica Obmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) communities of the central interior of British Columbia: Adaptations to a temperature-constrained environment.

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confidence: 90%

Section: Sampling For Total Species Richnessmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Sampling For Total Species Richnessmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Relative Abundance and The Spatial Distribution O/formica Obmentioning

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The ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) communities of the central interior of British Columbia: Adaptations to a temperature-constrained environment.

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“…Litter sifting with Winkler extraction (Besuchet et al 1987), an alternative sampling method which provides an area related measure of faunal assemblages independent of species activity, was shown to more efficiently sample ant species (Olsen 1991;Fisher & Robertson 2002;Martelli et al 2004;but, see Parr & Chown 2001) and more adequately pictured ant (Ivanov & Keiper 2009) and harvestmen (Bancila & Plaiaºu 2009) assemblages than did pitfall traps. We are not aware of any comparable study for beetles; however, results will surely depend on the beetle family studied.…”

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Evaluating leaf litter beetle data sampled by Winkler extraction from Atlantic forest sites in southern Brazil

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Caron

Ottermanns

et al. 2011

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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Evaluating leaf litter beetle data sampled by Winkler extraction from Atlantic forest sites in southern Brazil. To evaluate the reliability of data obtained by Winkler extraction in Atlantic forest sites in southern Brazil, we studied litter beetle assemblages in secondary forests (5 to 55 years after abandonment) and old-growth forests at two seasonally different points in time. For all regeneration stages, species density and abundance were lower in April compared to August; but, assemblage composition of the corresponding forest stages was similar in both months. We suggest that sampling of small litter inhabiting beetles at different points in time using the Winkler technique reveals identical ecological patterns, which are more likely to be influenced by sample incompleteness than by differences in their assemblage composition. A strong relationship between litter quantity and beetle occurrences indicates the importance of this variable for the temporal species density pattern. Additionally, the sampled beetle material was compared with beetle data obtained with pitfall traps in one old-growth forest. Over 60% of the focal species captured with pitfall traps were also sampled by Winkler extraction in different forest stages. Few beetles with a body size too large to be sampled by Winkler extraction were only sampled with pitfall traps. This indicates that the local litter beetle fauna is dominated by small species. Hence, being aware of the exclusion of large beetles and beetle species occurring during the wet season, the Winkler method reveals a reliable picture of the local leaf litter beetle community.
Avaliação dos besouros da liteira amostrados por extração Winkler na Floresta Atlântica do Sul do Brasil. Para avaliar a confiabilidade dos dados obtidos pela extração Winkler em coletas na Floresta Atlântica do Sul do Brasil, nós estudamos as assembléias de besouros da liteira em florestas secundárias (5 a 55 anos após abandono) e no estágio avançado em dois pontos no tempo sazonalmente diferentes. Para todos os estágios de renegeração, a densidade e abundância das espécies foram menores em abril comparado a agosto; porém, a composição das assembléias dos estágios florestais correspondentes foi similar em ambos os meses. Nós sugerimos que amostragens de pequenos besouros habitantes de liteira em diferentes pontos no tempo usando o método Winkler revelam padrões ecológicos idênticos. Um forte relacionamento entre a quantidade da liteira e a ocorrência de besouros indica a importância dessa variável no padrão temporal de densidade das espécies. Adicionalmente, o material amostrado foi comparado com dados de besouros obtidos utilizando armadilhas do tipo pitfall em um estágio avançado de regeneração. Cerca de 60% das espécies de interesse capturadas em pitfall foram também amostradas pela extração Winkler. Poucos besouros com tamanho corporal grande para ser amostrado pela extração Winkler foram capturados com a armadilha pitfall. Isso indica que a fauna local de besouros da liteira é dominada por espécies...

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Predicting future coexistence in a North American ant community

Bewick

Stuble

Lessard

et al. 2014

Ecology and Evolution

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Global climate change will remodel ecological communities worldwide. However, as a consequence of biotic interactions, communities may respond to climate change in idiosyncratic ways. This makes predictive models that incorporate biotic interactions necessary. We show how such models can be constructed based on empirical studies in combination with predictions or assumptions regarding the abiotic consequences of climate change. Specifically, we consider a well-studied ant community in North America. First, we use historical data to parameterize a basic model for species coexistence. Using this model, we determine the importance of various factors, including thermal niches, food discovery rates, and food removal rates, to historical species coexistence. We then extend the model to predict how the community will restructure in response to several climate-related changes, such as increased temperature, shifts in species phenology, and altered resource availability. Interestingly, our mechanistic model suggests that increased temperature and shifts in species phenology can have contrasting effects. Nevertheless, for almost all scenarios considered, we find that the most subordinate ant species suffers most as a result of climate change. More generally, our analysis shows that community composition can respond to climate warming in nonintuitive ways. For example, in the context of a community, it is not necessarily the most heat-sensitive species that are most at risk. Our results demonstrate how models that account for niche partitioning and interspecific trade-offs among species can be used to predict the likely idiosyncratic responses of local communities to climate change.

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Ant Diversity Sampling on the Southern Cumberland Plateau: A Comparison of Litter Sifting and Pitfall Trapping

Cited by 26 publications

References 30 publications

The ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) communities of the central interior of British Columbia: Adaptations to a temperature-constrained environment.

The ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) communities of the central interior of British Columbia: Adaptations to a temperature-constrained environment.

Evaluating leaf litter beetle data sampled by Winkler extraction from Atlantic forest sites in southern Brazil

Predicting future coexistence in a North American ant community

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