ANT BIODIVERSITY IN SEMIARID LANDSCAPE MOSAICS: THE CONSEQUENCES OF GRAZING VS. NATURAL HETEROGENEITY

By B. Bestelmeyer, John J. Wiens. 2001

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Species Richness, Abundance, and Composition of Ground-Dwelling Ants in Northern California Grasslands: Role of Plants, Soil, and Grazing (2005, background): “In shortgrass prairies, soil texture can be a good predictor of ant species richness (Bestelmeyer and Wiens 2001).”
Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis (2011, background): “Bestelmeyer & Wiens (2001) found relatively high ant diversity, and Whitford (1997) found comparable or slightly higher diversity of birds and mammals in Larrea-encroached ecosystems.”
The role of ants in conservation monitoring: If, when, and how (2006, background): “Species richness in disturbed sites can remain at predisturbance levels as less adaptable, shade preferring species are replaced by species tolerant of higher temperatures and more open conditions (Bestelmeyer and Wiens, 2001; Kalif et al., 2001).”
A comparison of 3 types of green roof as habitats for arthropods (2013, background): “There is a paucity of data for hymenopterans, except for ants (Bestelmeyer and Wiens, 2001), which have not been analyzed separately due to the low number of species (see Supplementary Table 1).”
Using ants for rangeland monitoring: Global patterns in the responses of ant communities to grazing (2010, background): “Such differential impacts of disturbance ar particularly well documented 244 for both ants (Bestelmeyer & Wiens 2001; Hoffmann & Andersen 2003; Boulton et 245 al.”