Ground-dwelling ant diversity in Amazonian secondary forests and neighboring pastures

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Carlos Santos ◽  
Diego Vinícius Anjos ◽  
Wanessa Rejane de Almeida ◽  
Jonas José Mendes Aguiar ◽  
Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Ant Diversity

A comparative assessment on ant communities in three vegetation types located at Mfou Suburban locality of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
TADU ZEPHIRIN ◽  
EDOA STEPHANIE ◽  
MESSOP YOUBI EDITH-BLANDINE ◽  
GUIBAÏ JEAN-PIERRE ◽  
FOMEKONG-LONTCHI JUDICAËL ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indicator Species ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Congo Basin ◽  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Ant Communities ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Ant Community ◽  
S 100 ◽  
Ant Diversity

Urban expansion in Cameroon and many other Congo basin countries, involves the destruction of natural habitat previously colonized by a rich and diversified invertebrate and vertebrate fauna. In order to understand the dynamic of transformation of natural landscape into urban area on ant communities, a study was conducted at Mfou, a suburban agglomeration of Yaoundé. We aimed to evaluate the variation in ant diversity and ant community structure in relation to the type of habitat. Ants were collected on the ground and trees in cocoa farms, secondary forests, and palm groves using visual catch, pitfall traps, quadrat, and baits. We recorded 144 species belonging to 39 genera and 6 subfamilies. Cocoa farms (S= 102; H’= 3.83; E=0.83) were richer and more diversified than secondary forests (S= 100; H’= 3.83; E=0.83) and palm groves (S= 70; H’= 3.61; E=0.85). Myrmicinae, Formicinae and Ponerinae were the richest subfamilies both at genus and species levels. Based on their frequency of occurrence, Myrmicaria opaciventris (18.6%), Crematogaster striatula (17.1%), Crematogaster gabonensis (14.9%) and Camponotus crawleyi Emery, 1920 (14.2%) species were numerically dominant. Strumigenys sp.1, Strumigenys sp.2, Strumigenys sp.3, and Strumigenys sp.4 species were found only in secondary forests, suggesting the relatively stability of this habitat despite anthropogenic disturbance. Camponotus brevicollis, Technomyrmex sp.2 and Tetramorium guineensis were the indicator species in cocoa farms. In the secondary forests, Camponotus wellmani, Hypoponera punctatissima and Pheidole pulchella were found as indicator species while in palm groves H. punctatissima was the only indicator species.

Do secondary forests act as refuges for old growth forest animals? Recovery of ant diversity in the Atlantic forest of Brazil

2008 ◽  
Vol 141 (3) ◽  
pp. 733-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jochen H. Bihn ◽  
Manfred Verhaagh ◽  
Martin Brändle ◽  
Roland Brandl
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Old Growth Forest ◽  
Ant Diversity

Syntaxonomy of mid-successional stages of secondary forests of the central elevated part of the Southern Urals

2012 ◽  
pp. 109-134
Author(s):  
P. S. Shirokikh ◽  
A. M. Kunafin ◽  
V. B. Martynenko
Keyword(s):  
Boreal Forests ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Southern Urals ◽  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
The Southern Urals ◽  
Active Growth ◽  
Tree Layer ◽  
Shade Tolerant Species ◽  
Successional Stages

The secondary birch and aspen forests of middle stages of succession of the central elevated part of the Southern Urals are studied. 4 subassociations, 1 community, and 7 variants in the alliances of Aconito-Piceion and Piceion excelsae are allocated. It is shown that the floristic composition of aspen and birch secondary forests in the age of 60—80 years is almost identical to the natural forests. However, a slight increase the coenotical role of light-requiring species of grasslands and hemiboreal forests in the secondary communities of the class Brachypodio-Betuletea was noticed as well as some reduction of role the shade-tolerant species of nemoral complex and species of boreal forests of the class Vaccinio-Piceetea. Dominant tree layer under the canopy of secondary series is marked by an active growth of natural tree species.

Diversité floristique spontanée des plantations de café et de cacao dans la forêt classée de Monogaga, Côte d'Ivoire | Spontaneous floristic diversity of cocoa and coffee plantations in the classified forest of Monogaga, Côte d'Ivoire (reviewed paper)

2006 ◽  
Vol 157 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constant Yves Adou Yao ◽  
Edouard Kouakou N'Guessan
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Woody Species ◽  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Coffee Plantations ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
High Tree Density

The inventory and the analysis of the woody species preserved in the different categories of cocoa and coffee plantations showed that they are relatively diversified (presence of endemic, rare and threatened species). They also preserved high tree density and high basal areas. The young plantations are especially diversified. Their number of species,density and basal areas and diversity index are similar to those of the neighbouring old growth and secondary forests. Older plantations display a sharp decline of diversity over time. Agricultural practices in the region represent a threat in the medium term to the preservation of biodiversity.

Clearcutting triggers regeneration of abandoned secondary forests but has a risk of alternative successional trajectory with high deer density

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maki Suzuki ◽  
Tsutomu Karukome ◽  
Koji Fujihira ◽  
Mitsukazu Mitsugi ◽  
Yoko Hisamoto
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Deer Density ◽  
Successional Trajectory

Vertical stratification of dung beetles in young secondary forests of Singapore

Biotropica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ita Liana Abdul Rahman ◽  
Sean Yap ◽  
Thary Gazi Goh ◽  
Kai Xin Toh ◽  
Qian Qi Hillary Yee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dung Beetles ◽  
Vertical Stratification ◽  
Secondary Forests

scholarly journals Diverging facets of grassland ant diversity along a  Mediterranean elevational gradient

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariola Silvestre ◽  
Carlos P. Carmona ◽  
Francisco M. Azcárate ◽  
Javier Seoane
Keyword(s):  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Ant Diversity

scholarly journals Secondary Forests and Agrarian Transitions: Insights from Nepal and Peru

Human Ecology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Pain ◽  
Kristina Marquardt ◽  
Dil Khatri
Keyword(s):  
Forest Regeneration ◽  
Agricultural Intensification ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Agrarian Change ◽  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Land Access ◽  
San Martín

AbstractWe provide an analytical contrast of the dynamics of secondary forest regeneration in Nepal and Peru framed by a set of common themes: land access, boundaries, territories, and rights, seemingly more secure in Nepal than Peru; processes of agrarian change and their consequences for forest-agriculture interactions and the role of secondary forest in the landscape, more marked in Peru, where San Martín is experiencing apparent agricultural intensification, than in Nepal; and finally processes of social differentiation that have consequences for different social groups, livelihood construction and their engagement with trees, common to both countries. These themes address the broader issue of the necessary conditions for secondary forest regeneration and the extent to which the rights and livelihood benefits of those actively managing it are secured.

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