Distribution of Ant Species in the Chicago Region with Reference to Ecological Factors and Physiological Toleration

Talbot, Mary

doi:10.2307/1932358

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“…1987). Talbot (1934) noted that many ant nests are located within or near fallen logs; Troedsson & Lyford (1973) observed high numbers of ant nests in treethrow mounds. Logs and uprooting pits are preferred sites of bird and mammal defecation, further underscoring the impact of treefall on seed dispersal (Thompson 1980).…”

Section: Effects Of Uprooting On Faunamentioning

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Tree uprooting: review of impacts on forest ecology

et al. 1988

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This paper reviews the ecological effects of tree uprooting. In many forests, disturbance by uprooting is the primary means of maintaining species richness and diversity. Treefall may be due to exogenous factors or it may be endogenously created, although the former predominate. The canopy gap formed by downed trees is often vital to community vegetation dynamics and successional pathways, by providing high light niches (gaps) for pioneer species, by encouraging release of suppressed, shade-tolerant saplings, and through recruitment of new individuals. Nutrient cycling may be affected by uprooting as subsoil materials are brought to the surface, via additions of woody debris to the forest floor, through exposure of bare mineral soil, and by changes in throughfall chemistry. The influence of the resultant pit/mound microtopography on understorey herb distribution is largely due to microclimatic and microtopographic variation. Tree seedling distribution, however, is related to microtopography primarily through differences in soil morphology, nutrition, and moisture content of mound and pit sites.

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Tree uprooting: review of impacts on forest ecology

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“…with every 10% increase in per cent open sky in the more sheltered Coastal Section. It has been known for some time (Talbot, 1934;Goesswald, 1938Goesswald, , 1941 that the ability of ant species to tolerate high temperature and concomitant low humidity varies greatly, and that ants characteristic of hot, dry habitats are far more tolerant of hot, dry conditions than ants which normally occur in cool, moist habitats. These physiological insights have not been used before to make biogeographical predictions or predictions concerning the species-area relationship.…”

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Island Biogeography of Ants

Goldstein

1975

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“…Aphaenogaster spp. colonies typically are found below rocks and logs in mesic deciduous forests in the eastern USA (Talbot, 1934;Beattie, 1978;Lynch et al, 1980;Smallwood, 1982a). Given the high diversity of ant species worldwide, there are many challenges in species identification and taxonomic revisions are common.…”

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“…Workers have demonstrated segregation between Aphaenogaster spp. and sympatric ant genera (e.g., Lynch et al, 1980;Fellers, 1987), but only limited, mostly anecdotal, information exists surrounding habitat segregation by species within the rudis complex (Talbot, 1934;Crozier, 1977;Mitchell et al, 2002). Previous taxonomic work on the rudis complex has differentiated species by morphology and genetics (Creighton, 1950;Crozier, 1977;Umphrey, 1996), but the species ranges are not well established and ecological differentiations are relatively unknown.…”

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Ecological differentiation among key plant mutualists from a cryptic ant guild

2011

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As key dispersers of herbaceous seeds, Aphaenogaster ants strongly influence the distribution of woodland plants in eastern North America. Ants within this genus are difficult to distinguish and often are identified by subgroup, but emerging research suggests they occupy species-specific ecological niches. As such, distinct climatic requirements among Aphaenogaster spp. might result in transient plant interactions with climate change. We examine whether there are ecological and distributional differences among Aphaenogaster species that coincide with current taxonomic differentiations. We use occurrence records for six Aphaenogaster spp. that occur in deciduous forests in eastern North America. We associate the geographic patterning of species occurrence with temperature and precipitation data, and we examine whether unique climatic niches characterize each species. We then predict habitat suitability throughout eastern North America using species distribution models. For verification, we test how well the predicted ranges fit observed occurrences using novel data sets for each species. We find that Aphaenogaster species within this cryptic genus demonstrate unique ecological and geographic signatures. Each species within the subgroup generally responds differently to temperature, and somewhat differently to precipitation and seasonal variance, suggesting unique ecological niches for each species. Our results indicate that each ant species may respond uniquely to changes in climate.Such shifts could disrupt current community associations and biotic interactions with ant-dispersed plants.

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Distribution of Ant Species in the Chicago Region with Reference to Ecological Factors and Physiological Toleration

Cited by 66 publications

References 6 publications

Tree uprooting: review of impacts on forest ecology

Tree uprooting: review of impacts on forest ecology

Island Biogeography of Ants

Ecological differentiation among key plant mutualists from a cryptic ant guild

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