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Diversity and assembly composition of arboreal ants in a west African humid forest‐savannah mosaic

Published:2023-06-28 Issue:4 Volume:61 Page:890-897
ISSN:0141-6707
Container-title:African Journal of Ecology
language:en
Short-container-title:Afr J Ecol

Author:

Yode Dakélé Christine¹²^ORCID,Kouakou Lombart Maurice M.²,Dosso Kanvaly²,Dekoninck Wouter³,Yeo Kolo²,Konate Souleymane²,Kouassi Philippe Kouassi¹

Affiliation:

1. UFR Biosciences, Laboratoire des Milieux Naturels et Conservation de la Biodiversité Université Felix Houphouët Boigny Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire

2. UFR des Sciences de la Nature, Laboratoire d'Ecologie et de Développement Durable Université Nangui Abrogoua Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire

3. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Brussels Belgium

Abstract

AbstractIn the tropical forest‐savannah mosaic of Lamto Reserve in Ivory Coast ants play an important role in the biodiversity conservation. This work aimed to explore the structure and composition of the arboreal ant assemblages in a forest‐savannah mosaic located in central Côte d'Ivoire. Ants were collected by baited trap (Protein bait: tuna and sugar bait: sweet milk) and beating of low vegetation. During the entire sampling campaign, 59 ant species belonging to 18 genera and five subfamilies (Formicinae, Ponerinae, Myrmicinae, Dolichoderinae and Pseudomyrmecinae) were recorded. The mean ant species richness of shrub savannah (SS) was significantly lower than of both forest island (FI) and forest gallery. Likewise, a significant difference was observed for species composition when comparing the arboreal ant communities of SS, gallery forest and FI.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/aje.13189

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