Ant Biodiversity near American Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana) trees on the Schoodic Education and Research Center campus, Schoodic peninsula, Maine.
Orcutt EA. Ant Biodiversity near American Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana) trees on the Schoodic Education and Research Center campus, Schoodic peninsula, Maine.. Research Permit and Reporting System
Ants perform many critical functions in forested ecosystems; they eat other insects, move nutrients, increase turnover in the soil, and distribute seeds. The last time ant biodiversity was surveyed on the Schoodic peninsula was in 2010. Ants were surveyed, August 2016, using pitfall and hand searching around select American Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana) trees on the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) campus. The fruit of the American Mountain Ash trees serve as a food source for m
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- Unpublished Report
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- Orcutt, Elizabeth
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- Research Permit and Reporting System
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- ACAD