Consequences of forest clear-cuts for native and nonindigenous ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 513-518

  Zettler, Jennifer A ^a   Taylor, Milton D ^b   Allen, Craig R ^b   Spira, Timothy P ^b  

^a Armstrong State University   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear cutting; Forest disturbance; Invasive species; Logging; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLEARCUTTING; COLONIZATION; DISTURBANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 3242799845     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0513:COFCFN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Allen, C. R., S. Demarais, and R. S. Lutz. 1994. Red imported fire ant impact on wildlife: an overview. Tex. J. Sci. 46: 51-59.
2. Alonso, L. E. 2000. Ants as indicators of diversity. In D. Agosti, J. D. Majer, L. E. Alonso, and T. R. Schultz (eds.), Ants: standard methods for measuring and monitoring biodiversity. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
3. Anonymous. 1996. Southern Appalachian man and the biosphere (SAMAB): the Southern Appalachian Assessment Terrestrial Report: Report 5 of 5. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Region, Atlanta, GA.
4. Ash, A. N. 1995. Effects of clear-cutting on litter parameters in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Castanea 60: 89-97.
5. Brian, M. V., M. D. Mountford, A. Abbott, and S. Vincent. 1976. The changes in ant species distribution during ten years' post-fire regeneration of a heath. J. Anim. Ecol. 45: 115-133.
6. Burke, D. M., and E. Nol. 1998. Influence of food abundance, nest-site habitat, and forest fragmentation on breeding ovenbirds. Auk 115: 96-104.
7. Calcott, A. A., and H. L. Collins. 1996. Invasion and range expansion of imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in North America from 1918-1995. Fla. Entomol. 79: 240-251.
8. Elliott, C. N., and M. D. Mobley. 1938. Southern forestry. Turner E. Smith and Co., Atlanta, GA.
9. Gaddy, L. L. 1986. Twelve new ant-dispersed species from southern Appalachians. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 113: 247-251.
10. Guiluiano, W. M., C. R. Allen, R. S. Lutz, and S. Demaris. 1996. Effects of red imported fire ants on northern bob-white chicks. J. Wildlife Manage. 60: 309-313.
11. Greenslade, P.J.M., and P. Greenslade. 1977. Some effects of vegetation cover and disturbance on a tropical ant fauna. Insectes Soc. 24: 163-182.
12. Haskell, D. G. 2000. Effects of forest roads on macroinvertebrate soil fauna of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Conserv. Biol. 14: 57-63.
13. Hölldobler, B., and E. O. Wilson. 1990. The ants. Belknap Press, Cambridge, MA.
14. Jules, E. S., E. J. Frost, L. S. Mills, and D. A. Tallmon. 1999. Ecological consequences of forest fragmentation in the Klamath Region. Nat. Areas J. 19: 368-378.
15. Kaspari, M. 2000. Do imported fire ants impact canopy arthropods? Evidence from simple arboreal pitfall traps. Southwest. Nat. 45: 118-122.
16. Litvaitis, J. A. 1993. Response of early successional vertebrates to historic changes in land use. Conserv. Biol. 7: 866-873.
17. Lynch, J. F., E. C. Balinsky, and S. G. Vail. 1980. Foraging patterns in three sympatric forest ant species, Prenolepis imparis, Paratrechina melanderi, and Aphaenogaster rudis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ecol. Entomol. 5: 353-371.
18. MacKay, W. P., A. Rebeles, H. C. Arrendondo, A. D. Rodríguez, D. A. González, and S. B. Vinson. 1991. Impact of the slashing and burning of a tropical rain forest on the native ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 18: 257-268.
19. Markin, G. P., H. L. Collins, and J. H. Dillier. 1972. Colony founding by queens of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 65: 1053-1058.
20. Markin, G. P., J. H. Dillier, and H. L. Collins. 1973. Growth and development of colonies of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 66: 803-808.
21. Morrison, L. W. 2002. Long-term impacts of an arthropod-community invasion by the imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Ecology 83: 2337-2345.
22. Porter, S. D., B. Van Eimeren, and L. E. Gilbert. 1988. Invasion of red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): microgeography of competitive replacement. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 81: 913-918.
23. Porter, S. D., and D. A. Savignano. 1990. Invasion of polygyne fire ants decimates native ants and disrupts arthropod community. Ecology 71: 2095-2106.
24. Pudlo, R. J., A. J. Beattie, and D. C. Culver. 1980. Population consequences of changes in an ant-seed mutualism in Sanguinaria canadensis. Oecologia 146: 32-37.
25. Roth, D. S., I. Perfecto, and B. Rathchke. 1994. The effects of management systems on ground foraging ant diversity in Costa Rica. Ecol. Appl. 4: 423-436.
26. Shannon, C. E., and W. Weaver. 1949. The mathematical theory of communication. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL.
27. Seastedt, T. R., and D. A. Crossley, Jr. 1981. Microarthropod response following cable logging and clear-cutting in the southern Appalachians. Ecology 62: 126-135.
28. Stiles, J. H., and R. H. Jones. 1998. Distribution of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in road and power-line habitats. Lands. Ecol. 335: 335-346.
29. Talbot, M. 1951. Populations and hibernating conditions of the ant Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) rudis Emery. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 44: 302-307.
30. Tschinkel, W. R. 1988. Distribution of the fire ants Solenopsis invicta and S. geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Florida in relation to habitat and disturbance. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 81: 76-81.
31. Tschinkel, W. R., and C. A. Hess. 1999. Arboreal ant community of a pine forest in Northern Florida. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 92: 63-70.
32. Vasconcelos, H. L., and J. M. Cherrett. 1995. Changes in leaf-cutting ant populations (Formicidae: Attini) after the clearing of mature forest in Brazilian Amazonia. Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ. 30: 107-113.
33. Wear, D., and J. Greis. 2001. Southern Forest Resource Assessment United States Department of Agriculture Draft Report. www.srs.fs.fed.us/sustain/report/execumm/execsumm.htm.
34. Wisdom, W. A., and W. G. Whitford. 1981. Effects of vegetation change on ant communities of arid rangelands. Environ. Entomol. 10: 893-897.
35. Zettler, J. A., T. P. Spira, and C. R. Allen. 2001. Ant-seed mutualisms: can red imported fire ants sour the relationship? Biol. Conserv. 101: 249-253.