Title:

Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Chełmowa Góra in the Świętokrzyski National Park

Subtitle:

Fragmenta Faunistica, vol. 56, no. 1 ; Mrówki (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Chełmowej Góry w Świętokrzyskim Parku Narodowym ; Ants of Chełmowa Góra

Creator:

Rzeszowski, Kamil ; Babik, Hanna ; Czechowski, Wojciech ; Markó, Bálint

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Publisher:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2013

Description:

Bibliogr. p. 13-14 ; P. 1-15 : il. color ; 25 cm ; Abstract in English, Polish. Taxa in Latin

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

ant communities ; ants ; Formicidae ; Hymenoptera ; hymenopterans ; Insecta ; insects ; zoocenosis ; community structure ; ecology ; ecological preferences ; forests ; wood ants ; interspecific competition ; Poland ; Chełmowa Mountain ; Świętokrzyskie Mountains ; Holy Cross Mountains

Abstract:

Species composition, nest densities and ecological profiles of ant communities in three main typical forest habitats of Chełmowa Góra (Chełmowa Mount) in the Świętokrzyski National Park were studied: fertile Carpathian beech forest Dentario glandulosae-Fagetum, subcontinental linden-oak-hornbeam forest Tilio-Carpinetum (marginal zone and interior), continental mixed pine forest Querco roboris-Pinetum (marginal zone and interior). Additionally, a moist rye-grass meadow Arrhenatheretum elatioris adjacent to the mixed pine forest was also surveyed. Nest samples were collected by searching quadrats of different sizes (1 m2, 10 m2, 100 m2). In total, 16 species were found. Ant communities of the studied habitats differed from each other in their composition, abundance and structure. In respect of nest density, Myrmica ruginodis Nyl. dominated in Tilio-Carpinetum (in both forest zones) and in the interior of Querco roboris-Pinetum, Formica polyctena Först. in the marginal zone of Querco roboris-Pinetum and in Dentario glandulosae-Fagetum, and Lasius niger (L.) in the meadow. The results are discussed in the contexts of the former data from this region, and the possible community-forming impact of the local ‘supercolony’ of F. polyctena.

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Relation:

Fragmenta Faunistica

Volume:

56

Issue:

1

Start page:

1

End page:

15

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.3161/00159301FF2013.56.1.001

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. patrz sygn. czas. P. 256 vol. 56 no. 1 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. patrz sygn. czas. P. 4664 vol. 56 no. 1 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng ; pol

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Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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