Premium
Effect of park age, size, shape and isolation on ant assemblages in two cities of S outhern S pain
Author(s) -
Carpintero Soledad,
ReyesLópez Joaquín
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/ens.12027
Subject(s) - species richness , biology , context (archaeology) , fauna , habitat , ecology , ant , diversity (politics) , hymenoptera , paleontology , sociology , anthropology
In the context of conservation biology, we have searched for the most influential characteristics of urban parks on ecological diversity. In this study, therefore, we studied the ant community of 24 parks in two cities of Southern S pain ( C ordoba and S eville). In total, 46 species were found. Abundant and widely distributed species were synanthropic ones, such as L asius grandis , P heidole pallidula or T apinoma nigerrimum , and exotic species such as C ardiocondyla mauritanica . However some parks also harbored natural habitat‐preferring species. Park size, shape and distance to city outskirts were the most important predictors of species richness and diversity. Likewise, park age influenced the composition of the ant fauna.