Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate-species density relationships

Michael D. Weiser; Nathan J. Sanders; Donat Agosti; Alan N. Andersen; Aaron M. Ellison; Brian L. Fisher; Heloise Gibb; Nicholas J. Gotelli; Aaron D. Gove; Kevin Gross; Benoit Guénard; Milan Janda; Michael Kaspari; Jean Philippe Lessard; John T. Longino; Jonathan D. Majer; Sean B. Menke; Terrence P. McGlynn; Catherine L. Parr; Stacy M. Philpott; Javier Retana; Andrew V. Suarez; Heraldo L. Vasconcelos; Stephen P. Yanoviak; Robert R. Dunn

doi:10.1098/rsbl.2010.0151

Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate-species density relationships

Michael D. Weiser, Nathan J. Sanders, Donat Agosti, Alan N. Andersen, Aaron M. Ellison, Brian L. Fisher, Heloise Gibb, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Aaron D. Gove, Kevin Gross, Benoit Guénard, Milan Janda, Michael Kaspari, Jean Philippe Lessard, John T. Longino, Jonathan D. Majer, Sean B. Menke, Terrence P. McGlynn, Catherine L. Parr, Stacy M. PhilpottJavier Retana, Andrew V. Suarez, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Stephen P. Yanoviak, Robert R. Dunn

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	769-772
Number of pages	4
Journal	Biology Letters
Volume	6
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0151
State	Published - Dec 23 2010

Keywords

Formicidae
Global diversity gradients
Species richness

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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Weiser, M. D., Sanders, N. J., Agosti, D., Andersen, A. N., Ellison, A. M., Fisher, B. L., Gibb, H., Gotelli, N. J., Gove, A. D., Gross, K., Guénard, B., Janda, M., Kaspari, M., Lessard, J. P., Longino, J. T., Majer, J. D., Menke, S. B., McGlynn, T. P., Parr, C. L., ... Dunn, R. R. (2010). Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate-species density relationships. Biology Letters, 6(6), 769-772. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0151

Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate-species density relationships. / Weiser, Michael D.; Sanders, Nathan J.; Agosti, Donat; Andersen, Alan N.; Ellison, Aaron M.; Fisher, Brian L.; Gibb, Heloise; Gotelli, Nicholas J.; Gove, Aaron D.; Gross, Kevin; Guénard, Benoit; Janda, Milan; Kaspari, Michael; Lessard, Jean Philippe; Longino, John T.; Majer, Jonathan D.; Menke, Sean B.; McGlynn, Terrence P.; Parr, Catherine L.; Philpott, Stacy M.; Retana, Javier; Suarez, Andrew V.; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.; Yanoviak, Stephen P.; Dunn, Robert R.

In: Biology Letters, Vol. 6, No. 6, 23.12.2010, p. 769-772.

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Weiser, MD, Sanders, NJ, Agosti, D, Andersen, AN, Ellison, AM, Fisher, BL, Gibb, H, Gotelli, NJ, Gove, AD, Gross, K, Guénard, B, Janda, M, Kaspari, M, Lessard, JP, Longino, JT, Majer, JD, Menke, SB, McGlynn, TP, Parr, CL, Philpott, SM, Retana, J, Suarez, AV, Vasconcelos, HL, Yanoviak, SP & Dunn, RR 2010, 'Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate-species density relationships', Biology Letters, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 769-772. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0151

Weiser, Michael D. ; Sanders, Nathan J. ; Agosti, Donat ; Andersen, Alan N. ; Ellison, Aaron M. ; Fisher, Brian L. ; Gibb, Heloise ; Gotelli, Nicholas J. ; Gove, Aaron D. ; Gross, Kevin ; Guénard, Benoit ; Janda, Milan ; Kaspari, Michael ; Lessard, Jean Philippe ; Longino, John T. ; Majer, Jonathan D. ; Menke, Sean B. ; McGlynn, Terrence P. ; Parr, Catherine L. ; Philpott, Stacy M. ; Retana, Javier ; Suarez, Andrew V. ; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L. ; Yanoviak, Stephen P. ; Dunn, Robert R. / Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate-species density relationships. In: Biology Letters. 2010 ; Vol. 6, No. 6. pp. 769-772.

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