Impacts of rubber plantations on community assembly of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a case study from monsoonal tropics of Xishuangbanna, southwest China
Alcantara, Mark Jun M.1,2,3; Modi, Shrushti1,2,4; Ling, Tial C.2,3,5,6; Monkai, Jutamart2,7,8; Xu, He1,2,9; Huang, Shuyin1; Nakamura, Akihiro1,2
Corresponding AuthorNakamura, Akihiro(a.nakamura@xtbg.ac.cn)
2022-06-01
Source PublicationNORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
ISSN1584-9074
Volume18Issue:1Pages:1-8
AbstractRubber plantation has become one of the most dominant human-modified landscape features in continental Southeast Asia. Xishuangbanna, a monsoonal tropical region of southern Yunnan in China, is a hotspot of rubber cultivation and represents the northern margins of rubber expansion in Asia. Here, we compared the species richness, beta diversity patterns, and assemblage composition of ants from a rubber plantation and two forest types (alluvial and limestone forest) common in Xishuangbanna. We hypothesized that species richness is higher in forest habitats than the rubber plantation. Due to habitat similarities between the limestone forest and the rubber plantation (tree defoliation, dry condition, thinner soil), we hypothesized that ant assemblages in these habitats are similar, and beta diversity is driven by nestedness. We found the highest ant species richness in the alluvial forest, followed by the limestone forest and rubber plantation. Ant assemblages were similar between alluvial and limestone forests but different in the rubber plantation. Beta diversity estimation showed that beta diversity patterns were driven by species turnover in all three habitats. Our results showed that the rubber plantation was species-poor and harbored unique ant assemblages compared to forest habitats. Moreover, the assemblages in the rubber plantation were often dominated by numerically dominant and aggressive taxa. Our study highlights: biodiversity changes associated with forest conversion into monoculture rubber plantations; the conservation value of limestone forests, a common yet understudied forest type in Southeast Asia; and the importance of considering species identities when determining the impacts of habitat modification on ant diversity.
Keywordbiodiversity Formicidae Hevea brasiliensis IndVal Menglun Southeast Asia Winkler extractor
Indexed BySCI ; SCI
Language英语
WOS IDWOS:000814087800002
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Document Type期刊论文
Identifierhttp://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/73852
Collection中国科学院东亚植物多样性与生物地理学重点实验室
Corresponding AuthorNakamura, Akihiro
Affiliation1.Chinese Acad Sci, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, CAS Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Program Field Studies Trop Asia, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China
3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
4.Wildlife Inst India, Dept Anim Ecol & Conservat Biol, Dehra Dun 248001, Uttarakhand, India
5.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Plant Divers & Biogeog East Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China
6.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res Kunming, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China
7.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Ctr Mt Ecosyst Studies, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China
8.World Agroforestry Ctr East & Cent Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China
9.Linyi Univ, Inst Geol & Paleontol, Linyi 276000, Shandong, Peoples R China
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Alcantara, Mark Jun M.,Modi, Shrushti,Ling, Tial C.,et al. Impacts of rubber plantations on community assembly of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a case study from monsoonal tropics of Xishuangbanna, southwest China[J]. NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY,2022,18(1):1-8.
APA Alcantara, Mark Jun M..,Modi, Shrushti.,Ling, Tial C..,Monkai, Jutamart.,Xu, He.,...&Nakamura, Akihiro.(2022).Impacts of rubber plantations on community assembly of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a case study from monsoonal tropics of Xishuangbanna, southwest China.NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY,18(1),1-8.
MLA Alcantara, Mark Jun M.,et al."Impacts of rubber plantations on community assembly of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a case study from monsoonal tropics of Xishuangbanna, southwest China".NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 18.1(2022):1-8.
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