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SUBMITTER: Guariento E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8001821 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guariento Elia E Fiedler Konrad K
Insects 20210304 3
Ants are crucial for the functioning of many terrestrial ecosystems, but detailed knowledge of their ecological role is often lacking. This is true for high mountains where a steep environmental gradient exists from mountainous forest, densely populated by ants, to grassland habitats above the tree line, harboring a sparse ant community. We assessed ant communities in and around the tree line ecotone on five slopes in the southern-central Alps, focusing on their species diversity, community comp ...[more]