Properties of Arboreal Ant and Ground-Termite Nests in relation to Their Nesting Sites and Location in a Tropical-Derived Savanna

Table 1

Main effects of soil engineers nesting substrates (sites) on the mean available water capacity (AWC), dispersion ratio (DR), and calgon and water dispersibilities of the biogenetic structure’s clay, clay and silt, and silt.

Soil engineer	Nesting Site	AWC^1  (%)	DR	Calgon dispersed			Water dispersed
				Clay	Clay + silt	Silt	Clay	Clay + silt	Silt
Ant	C. nitida	42.3ab	0.72a	12.5a	23.5a	10.6a	15.2a	17.8a	2.5a
Ant	I. gabonensis	30.4a	0.71a	16.0a	34.0a	17.6a	20.7a	24.8a	4.1a
Ant	M. indica	60.0c	0.76a	17.5a	35.0a	14.5a	16.2a	24.8a	8.8a
Ant	N. leavis	43.3ab	0.70a	10.5a	25.0a	11.1a	10.4a	19.8a	5.6a
Ant	P. macrophylla	46.7b	1.16a	15.5a	27.5a	11.6a	21.7a	33.7a	7.1a
Termite	Ground	44.6ab	0.71a	13.5a	22.5a	8.6a	10.7a	15.8a	5.1a
	𝐹-value	4.08	2.11	2.10	0.94	1.16	0.91	0.93	1.60
	d.f.	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
	𝑃 value	0.005	0.087	0.088	0.469	0.348	0.485	0.471	0.201

AWC: available water capacity and DR: dispersion ratio.
¹Results of angular transformed data presented in the original scale.
Values within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different.