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Plant and ant communities in the northern Everglades
| Title: | Plant and ant communities in the northern Everglades. |
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| Name(s): |
Carroll, Camille Darby. Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Environmental Studies Program |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2009 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | xii, 84 p. : ill. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | I examined the impact of the exotic, invasive plant Old World climbing fern, Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Brown, on tree island plant and ant communities in the northern Everglades. I selected 15 tree islands representing four groups: non-Lygodium islands, islands with low levels of Lygodium, islands with high levels of Lygodium, and disturbed islands impacted by people. I used a variety of diversity indices to compare plant and ant data among habitats. The ant communities studied included native and exotic species typical of south Florida. Tree island plant communities were consistent with descriptions from previous studies. Plant species richness decreased with the level of L. microphyllum in the ground and midstory layers. Abundance of native plants decreased with level of L. microphyllum in the ground, midstory, and overstory layers. Lygodium microphyllum did not affect ant communities suggesting that although it negatively impacts plant communities it can provide habitat for ants. | |
| Identifier: | 319157152 (oclc), 186675 (digitool), FADT186675 (IID), fau:2890 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Camille Darby Carroll. Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Insect-plant relationships -- Florida -- Everglades Ants -- Ecology Wildlife conservation -- Florida -- Everglades Everglades (Fla.) -- Environmental conditions |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186675 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
