Ant community of an Acacia mangium forest in Indonesian Borneo

The exotic timber tree Acacia mangium often colonizes areas of Borneo where native forests have been cleared for agriculture. To assess the biodiversity value of this novel habitat, we surveyed the ant community of a naturalized A. mangium forest on the border of Gunung Palung National Park in West...

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Main Authors:	Helms I.V., Jackson A., Helms, Sara M., Fawzi, Nurul Ihsan, Tarjudin, Xaverius, Fransiscus
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Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13042/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13042/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13042/1/22880-66125-1-SM.pdf

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spelling	ukm-130422019-06-12T21:49:26Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13042/ Ant community of an Acacia mangium forest in Indonesian Borneo Helms I.V., Jackson A. Helms, Sara M. Fawzi, Nurul Ihsan Tarjudin, Xaverius, Fransiscus The exotic timber tree Acacia mangium often colonizes areas of Borneo where native forests have been cleared for agriculture. To assess the biodiversity value of this novel habitat, we surveyed the ant community of a naturalized A. mangium forest on the border of Gunung Palung National Park in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. We documented 33 species from 18 genera and four subfamilies. The invasive yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) dominated the assemblage, making up 85% of pitfall trapped individuals and 28% of those sifted from leaf litter. Nevertheless, A. mangium forest harbored fewer invasive species than nearby urban land, and may serve as an effective buffer around protected areas. Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13042/1/22880-66125-1-SM.pdf Helms I.V., Jackson A. and Helms, Sara M. and Fawzi, Nurul Ihsan and Tarjudin, and Xaverius, Fransiscus (2017) Ant community of an Acacia mangium forest in Indonesian Borneo. Serangga, 22 (1). pp. 147-159. ISSN 1394-5130 http://ejournals.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1063/showToc
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description	The exotic timber tree Acacia mangium often colonizes areas of Borneo where native forests have been cleared for agriculture. To assess the biodiversity value of this novel habitat, we surveyed the ant community of a naturalized A. mangium forest on the border of Gunung Palung National Park in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. We documented 33 species from 18 genera and four subfamilies. The invasive yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) dominated the assemblage, making up 85% of pitfall trapped individuals and 28% of those sifted from leaf litter. Nevertheless, A. mangium forest harbored fewer invasive species than nearby urban land, and may serve as an effective buffer around protected areas.
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author	Helms I.V., Jackson A. Helms, Sara M. Fawzi, Nurul Ihsan Tarjudin, Xaverius, Fransiscus
spellingShingle	Helms I.V., Jackson A. Helms, Sara M. Fawzi, Nurul Ihsan Tarjudin, Xaverius, Fransiscus Ant community of an Acacia mangium forest in Indonesian Borneo
author_facet	Helms I.V., Jackson A. Helms, Sara M. Fawzi, Nurul Ihsan Tarjudin, Xaverius, Fransiscus
author_sort	Helms I.V., Jackson A.
title	Ant community of an Acacia mangium forest in Indonesian Borneo
title_short	Ant community of an Acacia mangium forest in Indonesian Borneo
title_full	Ant community of an Acacia mangium forest in Indonesian Borneo
title_fullStr	Ant community of an Acacia mangium forest in Indonesian Borneo
title_full_unstemmed	Ant community of an Acacia mangium forest in Indonesian Borneo
title_sort	ant community of an acacia mangium forest in indonesian borneo
publisher	Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13042/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13042/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13042/1/22880-66125-1-SM.pdf
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Ant community of an Acacia mangium forest in Indonesian Borneo

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