Ant Diversity and Vegetation Composition in Hemlock Removal Experiment at Harvard Forest Since 2006
- HF-ID: HF2006-57
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Ellison, A.M., Record, S.
- Date: 2006-2007
- Location: Simes Tract (Harvard Forest)
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- Field notebook, spread sheets, field data sheet. 1 File Folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches, 4 3/4 inches x 7.5 inches.
- Keywords: abundance, ants, habitats, hemlock, hemlock woolly adelgid, species composition
- Abstract:
- In the summer of 2006, we surveyed a greater range of microhabitat types with two objectives. First, to collect rare or elusive species in hemlock and hardwood stands that may have gone uncollected in previous years. Second, to sample forest communities not included in previous years - white pine, swamp, and rocky slope - for ant species unique to these microhabitats. We found fourteen newly documented species of ants in the Simes Tract - nine of which were in an open, swamp. Aphaenogaster rudis and Camponotus pennsylvanicus were the only ant species found in all microhabitat types. In a canonical correspondence analysis, A. rudis and C. pennsylvanicus were associated most strongly with hemlock stands and low species richness of understory plants.
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- Archives Location: Middle Room, stack 41, drawer 1, Simes Tract file
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