Edge Effects on Community and Social Structure of Northern Temperate Deciduous Forest Ants

Figure 1

Example litter plot excavated in edge habitat. Each symbol represents an ant nest (defined as consisting of at least two workers and some brood) that was found. Filled squares represent Aphaenogaster rudis nests and open diamonds denote nests of Stenamma diecki. Individual ants walking through the leaf litter were not mapped.