Subterranean Pitfall Traps: Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol?
The use of subterranean traps is a relatively novel method to sample ants, and few studies have evaluated its performance relative to other methods. We collected ants in forests, savannas, and crops in central Brazil using subterranean pitfall traps and conventional pitfall traps placed on the soil...
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| description | The use of subterranean traps is a relatively novel method to sample ants, and few studies have evaluated its performance relative to other methods. We collected ants in forests, savannas, and crops in central Brazil using subterranean pitfall traps and conventional pitfall traps placed on the soil surface. Sampling duration, soil depth, and sprinkling vegetal oil around traps all tended to affect the number of species found in subterranean traps. Sixteen percent of the species collected in subterranean traps were unique, and most of these had cryptobiotic morphology (i.e., were truly hypogaeic species). Surprisingly, however, subterranean and conventional traps were similarly efficient at capturing cryptobiotic species. Furthermore, subterranean traps captured far fewer species in total than conventional traps (75 versus 220 species), and this was true in all three habitats sampled. Sampling completeness increased very little using a combination of conventional and subterranean traps than using just conventional traps. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c01ec385571f45319ba01c4a4e0bc88f2025-02-03T06:11:10ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74382012-01-01201210.1155/2012/870794870794Subterranean Pitfall Traps: Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol?Renata Pacheco0Heraldo L. Vasconcelos1Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), C.P. 593, 38400-902 Uberlândia, MG, BrazilInstituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), C.P. 593, 38400-902 Uberlândia, MG, BrazilThe use of subterranean traps is a relatively novel method to sample ants, and few studies have evaluated its performance relative to other methods. We collected ants in forests, savannas, and crops in central Brazil using subterranean pitfall traps and conventional pitfall traps placed on the soil surface. Sampling duration, soil depth, and sprinkling vegetal oil around traps all tended to affect the number of species found in subterranean traps. Sixteen percent of the species collected in subterranean traps were unique, and most of these had cryptobiotic morphology (i.e., were truly hypogaeic species). Surprisingly, however, subterranean and conventional traps were similarly efficient at capturing cryptobiotic species. Furthermore, subterranean traps captured far fewer species in total than conventional traps (75 versus 220 species), and this was true in all three habitats sampled. Sampling completeness increased very little using a combination of conventional and subterranean traps than using just conventional traps.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/870794 |
| spellingShingle | Renata Pacheco Heraldo L. Vasconcelos Subterranean Pitfall Traps: Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol? Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| title | Subterranean Pitfall Traps: Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol? |
| title_full | Subterranean Pitfall Traps: Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol? |
| title_fullStr | Subterranean Pitfall Traps: Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Subterranean Pitfall Traps: Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol? |
| title_short | Subterranean Pitfall Traps: Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol? |
| title_sort | subterranean pitfall traps is it worth including them in your ant sampling protocol |
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