Journal of Applied Entomology - Zeitschrift für angewandte Entomologie (1996) 120, 29-32

H.G. Fowler and O.C. Bueno (1996)
Congruent spatial and temporal foraging by a dominant ant (Hym., Formicidae) and its replacement in an assemblage in a large urban structure in southeastern Brazil
Journal of Applied Entomology - Zeitschrift für angewandte Entomologie 120 (1), 29-32
Abstract: At fixed bait stations in a large institutional setting in Brazil, the temporal and spatial pattern of usage of the dominant species of ant was studied. The ant Crematogaster cf. magnifica, was found in 91% of sampling points. These studies were conducted using the same points as a previous study of the then dominant ant, Monomorium pharaonis, which was found to have declined from 93% to 3% spatial point occupation. The frequency of point usage during this study was significantly different from the Poisson distribution for both species, indicating non-random use of space. Crematogaster cf. magnifica was significantly more spatially exclusive than had been documented for M. pharaonis, and the probability of points originally occupied by M. pharaonis later becoming occupied by C. cf. magnifica was in excess of 90%. Temporal bait exploitation patterns of the two species did not differ. These data demonstrate that structural ant communities can change over time without human intervention, although short-term stability is characteristic of the urban dominant ants, in subtropical Brazil.
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Database assignments for author(s): Odair Correa Bueno

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution
environment - cropping system/rotation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Monomorium pharaonis		Brazil (south)
	Crematogaster (genus)