Sampling for ants in different-aged spruce forests: A comparison of methods

0329617 - BC 2010 RIV FR eng J - Journal Article
Véle, A. - Holuša, J. - Frouz, Jan
Sampling for ants in different-aged spruce forests: A comparison of methods.
European Journal of Soil Biology. Roč. 45, č. 4 (2009), s. 301-305. ISSN 1164-5563. E-ISSN 1778-3615
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60660521
Keywords : ants * baits * methods comparison
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 1.247, year: 2009

It is necessary to use special sampling method for studying of each animal group. However each method has its specificity and describes the studied community a bit differently. Three common methods for sampling of ants were compared: soil excavation, pitfall traps and baits. Ants were sampled in 25 patches in a large spruce forest in the Czech Republic during 2005 and 2006. Each patch represented one of five age classes (0-2, 3-5, 8-12, 26-41 and 85-105 years old), and the patches were located in five sites such that the five patches in each site formed a chronosequence. The percentage of variability in ants as explained by other sampling techniques was as follows: 60.0% of the variability in bait data was explained by pitfall trap data, while only 19.7% of the variability in pitfall trap data was explained by excavation data.
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