A Comparison of Ant Species Richness Between Two Disturbance Gradients on Mt. Pico de Loro, Philippines

The use of ants as indicators of anthropogenic disturbance has yet to be widely explored, moreso in the Philippines. The comparison between humanly disturbed and relatively undisturbed sites provide information about the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on ant species richness. Ant occurrence is...

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Main Author: Pattugalan, Precious Maricor
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.theses-dissertations-15202021-09-27T03:00:04Z A Comparison of Ant Species Richness Between Two Disturbance Gradients on Mt. Pico de Loro, Philippines Pattugalan, Precious Maricor The use of ants as indicators of anthropogenic disturbance has yet to be widely explored, moreso in the Philippines. The comparison between humanly disturbed and relatively undisturbed sites provide information about the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on ant species richness. Ant occurrence is significantly low in disturbed sites and 78% of the ants collected were invasive species. Furthermore, 2 invasive species of ants have been collected in the undisturbed sites, suggesting that the diversity in the designated undisturbed sites may soon be in jeopardy. This study further explores the consequences of anthropogenic disturbance on native ant assemblages. 2019-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/theses-dissertations/394 Theses and Dissertations (All) Archīum Ateneo n/a
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Pattugalan, Precious Maricor
A Comparison of Ant Species Richness Between Two Disturbance Gradients on Mt. Pico de Loro, Philippines
description The use of ants as indicators of anthropogenic disturbance has yet to be widely explored, moreso in the Philippines. The comparison between humanly disturbed and relatively undisturbed sites provide information about the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on ant species richness. Ant occurrence is significantly low in disturbed sites and 78% of the ants collected were invasive species. Furthermore, 2 invasive species of ants have been collected in the undisturbed sites, suggesting that the diversity in the designated undisturbed sites may soon be in jeopardy. This study further explores the consequences of anthropogenic disturbance on native ant assemblages.
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author Pattugalan, Precious Maricor
author_facet Pattugalan, Precious Maricor
author_sort Pattugalan, Precious Maricor
title A Comparison of Ant Species Richness Between Two Disturbance Gradients on Mt. Pico de Loro, Philippines
title_short A Comparison of Ant Species Richness Between Two Disturbance Gradients on Mt. Pico de Loro, Philippines
title_full A Comparison of Ant Species Richness Between Two Disturbance Gradients on Mt. Pico de Loro, Philippines
title_fullStr A Comparison of Ant Species Richness Between Two Disturbance Gradients on Mt. Pico de Loro, Philippines
title_full_unstemmed A Comparison of Ant Species Richness Between Two Disturbance Gradients on Mt. Pico de Loro, Philippines
title_sort comparison of ant species richness between two disturbance gradients on mt. pico de loro, philippines
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2019
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/theses-dissertations/394
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