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## Abstract Worldwide, two of the most harmful invasive ants typical of disturbed sites are __Solenopsis geminata__ (Fabricius) and __Wasmannia auropunctata__ (Roger). Both are natives of the Neotropics and are widely distributed all over the tropics. Within its original geographic range, there are few data on its abundance and potential damage to natural ecosystems. In this study, we recorded their abundance and relationships to diversity and richness of soil ant communities in two localities with different amount of forested area (López Mateos, LM 77% and Venustiano Carranza, VC 27%), at Los Tuxtlas reserve. In each locality, four land use systems (LUS) were sampled: tropical rain forests, agroforestry plantations, annual crops, and pastures. Data were gathered from 360 ant samples obtained from litter squares, pitfall traps, and soil monoliths in 40 sampling points (20 per locality, and five per LUS). __Solenopsis geminata__ was more abundant in LM than in VC; the opposite trend was observed for __W. auropunctata__. In LM, __S. geminata__ was more abundant in crops than in the other LUS, whereas __W. auropunctata__ tended to have higher abundances in less managed sites of both l
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- Author
- Patricia Rojas; Carlos Fragoso
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)