Ant diversity in a Peninsular Malaysian mangrove forest and oil palm plantation.

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Hashim, Nor Rasidah and Wan Jusoh, Wan Faridah Akmal and Mohd Nasir, Mohd Nassrul Safre (2009) Ant diversity in a Peninsular Malaysian mangrove forest and oil palm plantation. Asian Myrmecology, 3. pp. 5-8. ISSN 1985-1944

Abstract

In Malaysia, it is a common practice to convert mangrove forests into agricultural plantations, especially oil palm. The study was carried out in Rembau, Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 9 species were found in the oil palm plantations & mangrove forests. The number of species found in each sampling plot was low: 3-4 for oil palm plots & 2-4 for mangrove forest plots. Four species (Paratrechina sp., Cardiocondyla sp., Monomorium sp. 2, & Odontomachus simillimus) found in the plantation plots were absent in the mangrove plots, while 2 (Anoplolepis sp. & Pheidole sp.) found in the mangrove plots were not detected in oil palm. The 2 species most frequent in mangroves (Pseudolasius sp. & Euprenolepis sp.) were rarer in the plantations.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Environmental Studies
Publisher:	Penerbit UMS
Keywords:	Ants; Oil palm; Mangrove forests; Peninsular Malaysia.
Depositing User:	Khairil Ridzuan Khahirullah
Date Deposited:	08 Jan 2014 05:23
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2015 04:44
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13115
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