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dc.contributor.authorWeiser, M.
dc.contributor.authorSanders, N.
dc.contributor.authorAgosti, D.
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, A.
dc.contributor.authorEllison, A.
dc.contributor.authorFisher, B.
dc.contributor.authorGibb, H.
dc.contributor.authorGotelli, N.
dc.contributor.authorGove, Aaron
dc.contributor.authorGross, K.
dc.contributor.authorGuenard, B.
dc.contributor.authorJanda, M.
dc.contributor.authorKaspari, M.
dc.contributor.authorLessard, J.
dc.contributor.authorLongino, J.
dc.contributor.authorMajer, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorMenke, S.
dc.contributor.authorMcGlynn, T.
dc.contributor.authorParr, C.
dc.contributor.authorPhilpott, S.
dc.contributor.authorRetana, J.
dc.contributor.authorSuarez, A.
dc.contributor.authorVasconcelos, H.
dc.contributor.authorYanoviak, S.
dc.contributor.authorDunn, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:50:08Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:50:08Z
dc.date.created2015-03-03T20:17:04Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationWeiser, M. and Sanders, N. and Agosti, D. and Andersen, A. and Ellison, A. and Fisher, B. and Gibb, H. et al. 2010. Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate: species density relationships. Biology Letters. 6 (6): pp. 769-772.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25768
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rsbl.2010.0151
dc.description.abstract

Tropical forest canopies house most of the globe's diversity, yet little is known about global patterns and drivers of canopy diversity. Here, we present models of ant species density, using climate, abundance and habitat (i.e. canopy versus litter) as predictors. Ant species density is positively associated with temperature and precipitation, and negatively (or non-significantly) associated with two metrics of seasonality, precipitation seasonality and temperature range. Ant species density was significantly higher in canopy samples, but this difference disappeared once abundance was considered. Thus, apparent differences in species density between canopy and litter samples are probably owing to differences in abundance–diversity relationships, and not differences in climate–diversity relationships. Thus, it appears that canopy and litter ant assemblages share a common abundance–diversity relationship influenced by similar but not identical climatic drivers.

dc.publisherRoyal Society Publishing
dc.titleCanopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate - species density relationships
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume6
dcterms.source.number6
dcterms.source.startPage769
dcterms.source.endPage772
dcterms.source.issn17449561
dcterms.source.titleBiology Letters
curtin.departmentDepartment of Environmental Biology
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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