The effect of remnant forest on insect successional response in tropical fire-impacted peatland: A bi-taxa comparison.

ABSTRACT: Fire has become a common feature in tropical drained peatlands, and it may have detrimental impacts on the overall biodiversity of the forest ecosystem. We investigated the effect of fire on termite and ant assemblages and the importance of remnant forest in restoring species diversity in fire-impacted tropical peat swamp forests. The species loss of both termites and ants was as high as 50% in some fire-impacted peats compared to remnant forests, but in most cases the species richness for termites and ants was statistically equal along the land uses surveyed. However, a pronounced difference in functional group composition of termites was detected. In particular, sites close to remnant forests contained two additional termite feeding groups so that they shared a similar composition struct

SUBMITTER: Neoh KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5363919 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature