دورية أكاديمية
Ant Species Diversity in the Central and Northern Parts of the Western Sichuan Plateau in China
| العنوان: | Ant Species Diversity in the Central and Northern Parts of the Western Sichuan Plateau in China |
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| المؤلفون: | Zhao-Yi Li, Zheng-Hui Xu, Xin-Min Zhang, Ting Li, Xiao-Dan Yin, Jia-Huan Duan |
| المصدر: | Diversity, Vol 15, Iss 8, p 935 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Biology (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Formicidae, diversity, community composition, western Sichuan Plateau, China, Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
| الوصف: | Understanding how species richness changes along elevational gradients has attracted increasing attention from many researchers. The relationships between species richness and elevations were characterized by monotonic decreases or mid-elevational peaks. The western Sichuan Plateau is an important species diversity hotspot. However, there is little information available about the ant species diversity and distribution patterns of this region. In this study, we hypothesize that ant diversity will show a monotonic decrease from mid-elevation with increasing elevation. Here, the ant species diversity and distribution patterns of this region were investigated by plot surveys. A total of 22,645 ants were collected from eight elevational transects in the central and northern parts of the western Sichuan Plateau, which were identified as belonging to 40 species, 18 genera, and 4 subfamilies. We found a unimodal relationship between elevation and ant species richness, with the highest ant species richness occurring at mid-elevations. The similarity coefficient of ant communities in each elevational transect was at a moderate level of dissimilarity, indicating that the elevation difference and habitat heterogeneity had a great impact on ant communities in the central and northern areas of the western Sichuan Plateau. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 15080935 1424-2818 25885995 |
| العلاقة: | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/8/935Test; https://doaj.org/toc/1424-2818Test |
| DOI: | 10.3390/d15080935 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/b6f407da45c54b25885995cf2f8b7ec3Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.b6f407da45c54b25885995cf2f8b7ec3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 15080935 14242818 25885995 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/d15080935 |