Ant biodiversity near american mountain ash (Sorbus americana) trees on the Schoodic Education and Research Center campus, Schoodic Peninsula, Maine
Orcutt E. 2016. Ant biodiversity near american mountain ash (Sorbus americana) trees on the Schoodic Education and Research Center campus, Schoodic Peninsula, Maine. Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park
From the abstract: "Ants perform many critical functions in forested ecosystems-they eat other insects, move nutrients, increase turnover in the soil, and distribute seeds. Diversity of ant species on the Schoodic Peninsula is not yet well studied. The purpose of this study is to determine what ant species are found around select American Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana) trees on the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) campus on the Schoodic peninsula.This will provide the first stepping stone to 1) determine what species are present and if those species are interacting with the trees (i.e. flowers, fruits) or other animals utilizing the trees and 2) the start of a complete ant species list and potential abundance/richness of ants on the Schoodic Peninsula."
- Type
- Poster
- Authors
- Orcutt, Elizabeth
- Date of Issue
- 2016-10-05
- Publisher
- Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- ants (Formicidae), biodiversity, Education, Research & Studies, specimen collecting