Diversity of ants in subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest in Pu’er City, Yunnan

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1003.2009.09035

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Abstract:

In order to get the basic information about ants and give some suggestions for the local biodiversity conservation, we studied the diversity of ant communities on the ground and in the tree, shrub and herb layers in Castanopsis echidnocarpa + Lithocarpus fenestratus + Schima wallichiiCommunity (I), Pinus kesiyavar. langbianensis + Castanopsis fleuryi + Schima wallichii Community (II), Phoebe lanceolata + Lithocarpus grandifolius + Castanopsis echidnocarpa Community (III), Betula alnoides + Schima wallichii Community (IV) and artificial vegetation (V) in Pu’er City, Yunnan Province. 4,660 ground-dwelling ants were collected by pitfall trapping, representing 61 species in 7 subfamilies of Formicidae, and 1,403 ants in the tree-shrub-herb layer were captured by shaking-off and sweep netting collection, representing 92 species in 6 subfamilies. In the five sample plots, ground-dwelling ant species richness ranked as III>II>IV>V>I, and species diversity ranked III>IV>V>I>II. In the tree-shrub-herb layer, ant species richness ranked II>I>III>IV>V, and species diversity ranked III>I>II>IV>V. Among the five sample plots, Jaccard coefficients (q) of ant communities ranged from 0.217 to 0.488, showing that the ant communities were moderately dissimilar. Pinus kesiyavar. langbianensis + Castanopsis fleuryi + Schima wallichii Community was heavily disturbed and need to be protected. Community III had the highest diversity. Ground ants could indicate the disturbance state of the plant communities, while ants in the tree-shrub-herb layer appeared to be good indicators for plant diversity.

Key words: biodiversity, ant communities, species richness, plant diversity, Chao 1, Fisher α index

Qiao Li, Youqing Chen, Siming Wang, Yong Zheng, Yunhui Zhu, Shaoyun Wang. Diversity of ants in subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest in Pu’er City, Yunnan[J]. Biodiv Sci, 2009, 17(3): 233-239.

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样地 Plot	乔木层 Tree layer		灌木层 Shrub layer		草本层 Herb layer
样地 Plot	郁闭度 Canopy density	高度 Height (m)	盖度 Coverage (%)	高度 Height (m)	盖度 Coverage (%)	高度 Height (m)
I	0.8	18	50	2.2	40	1.1
II	0.8	16	60	2.5	50	1.4
III	0.8	15	80	2.7	60	2.1
IV	0.1	5	25	2.4	85	3.1

样地 Plot	乔木层 Tree layer		灌木层 Shrub layer		草本层 Herb layer
样地 Plot	郁闭度 Canopy density	高度 Height (m)	盖度 Coverage (%)	高度 Height (m)	盖度 Coverage (%)	高度 Height (m)
I	0.8	18	50	2.2	40	1.1
II	0.8	16	60	2.5	50	1.4
III	0.8	15	80	2.7	60	2.1
IV	0.1	5	25	2.4	85	3.1

	样地 Plot	个体数Individuals	物种丰富度 Species richness (S)	Chao 1 Mean ± SD	Fisher α指数 Fisher α index Mean ± SD	Shannon-Wiener指数 Shannon-Wiener index	Simpson 指数 Simpson index
地表层 Ground layer	I	1,422	18	27.33 ± 7.86	2.91 ± 0.27	0.77	1.65
	II	2,647	31	44.20 ± 8.89	4.93 ± 0.35	0.38	1.12
	III	147	32	47.17 ± 9.40	12.61 ± 1.67	2.90	13.99
	IV	171	30	36.88 ± 5.13	10.54 ± 1.33	2.56	7.88
	V	273	30	34.00 ± 3.66	8.60 ± 0.94	2.51	7.78
乔灌草层Tree-shrub- herb layer	I	328	45	62.00 ± 9.55	14.12 ± 1.34	2.65	5.87
	II	438	41	75.20 ± 17.44	11.07 ± 0.99	2.25	4.85
	III	237	46	56.93 ± 6.28	17.02 ± 1.80	3.03	12.84
	IV	128	27	46.50 ± 12.33	10.45 ± 1.49	2.51	7.36
	V	272	33	38.14 ± 4.33	9.83 ± 1.05	2.42	5.73

	样地 Plot	个体数Individuals	物种丰富度 Species richness (S)	Chao 1 Mean ± SD	Fisher α指数 Fisher α index Mean ± SD	Shannon-Wiener指数 Shannon-Wiener index	Simpson 指数 Simpson index
地表层 Ground layer	I	1,422	18	27.33 ± 7.86	2.91 ± 0.27	0.77	1.65
	II	2,647	31	44.20 ± 8.89	4.93 ± 0.35	0.38	1.12
	III	147	32	47.17 ± 9.40	12.61 ± 1.67	2.90	13.99
	IV	171	30	36.88 ± 5.13	10.54 ± 1.33	2.56	7.88
	V	273	30	34.00 ± 3.66	8.60 ± 0.94	2.51	7.78
乔灌草层Tree-shrub- herb layer	I	328	45	62.00 ± 9.55	14.12 ± 1.34	2.65	5.87
	II	438	41	75.20 ± 17.44	11.07 ± 0.99	2.25	4.85
	III	237	46	56.93 ± 6.28	17.02 ± 1.80	3.03	12.84
	IV	128	27	46.50 ± 12.33	10.45 ± 1.49	2.51	7.36
	V	272	33	38.14 ± 4.33	9.83 ± 1.05	2.42	5.73

		I	II	III	IV
地表层 Ground layer	II	0.324
	III	0.316	0.313
	IV	0.333	0.356	0.409
	V	0.333	0.488	0.348	0.304
乔灌草层Tree-shrub-herb layer	II	0.344
	III	0.379	0.338
	IV	0.241	0.283	0.217
	V	0.279	0.276	0.317	0.277