Long-term effects of fire on ant communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pinus brutia forests of south-western Turkey

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dc.authoridKiran, Kadri/0000-0001-7983-0194
dc.authoridKARAMAN, Celal/0000-0002-2158-5592
dc.authorwosidKaraman, Celal/AAF-7966-2019
dc.authorwosidKiran, Kadri/X-7064-2019
dc.contributor.authorKaynas, Burcin Yenisey
dc.contributor.authorKiran, Kadri
dc.contributor.authorKaraman, Celal
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:08:12Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:08:12Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractWe studied how forest fire affects the structure of ant communities in the long term and how microhabitat variables that influence communities of ants in different succession stages change. For this purpose, we selected five sites burnt 3 to 26 years prior to the study and a control site unburnt for at least 50 years. Sampling of ants was conducted in four pit-fall traps in four transects in three replication plots at every successional site and in two plots at the control site. Microhabitat variables regarding the vegetation structure and litter layers were recorded and related to the abundances of ants. The results show that subshrubs, leaves, and needles were the most important microhabitat variables that affected the ant communities. In certain ant genera, significant changes depending upon successional gradient were determined. While the genera Aphaenogaster and Cataglyphis had non-linear relationships with successional gradient, negative linear relationships were found in Crematogaster and Prenolepis. Messor is the only genus caught in high numbers in the earliest successional stage. It showed a decrease with successional gradient. Significant changes in ant communities along the successional gradient were associated with the characteristics of vegetation and the litter layer.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipHacettepe University Scientific Research Unit [02.02.601.004]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe study was financially supported by Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit (Project no: 02.02.601.004).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09397140.2018.1442302
dc.identifier.endpage168en_US
dc.identifier.issn0939-7140
dc.identifier.issn2326-2680
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85043333125en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage160en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2018.1442302
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/22346
dc.identifier.volume64en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000428790500008en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofZoology In The Middle Easten_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectMediterranean Areaen_US
dc.subjectFire Ecologyen_US
dc.subjectForest Successionen_US
dc.subjectAnt Assemblagesen_US
dc.subjectPostfire Recoveryen_US
dc.subjectAssemblagesen_US
dc.titleLong-term effects of fire on ant communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pinus brutia forests of south-western Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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