Subterranean Pitfall Traps: Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol?

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"></td><td align="center" colspan="2">All species</td><td align="center" colspan="2">Cryptobiotic species</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Habitat<br/> (no. of traps)*</td><td align="center">Observed species richness</td><td align="center">Estimated</td><td align="center">Observed species richness</td><td align="center">Estimated</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Forest (398)</td><td align="center">177</td><td align="center">190.9 ± 6.1</td><td align="center">16</td><td align="center">21.0 ± 2.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Savanna (213)</td><td align="center">126</td><td align="center">156.9 ± 6.0</td><td align="center">11</td><td align="center">15.0 ± 2.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Crops (698)</td><td align="center">107</td><td align="center">133.0 ± 5.6</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">13.0 ± 2.0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total (1309)</td><td align="center">232</td><td align="center">291.0  ± 7.9</td><td align="center">23</td><td align="center">32.0 ± 3.0</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>
                *Including subterranean and conventional traps.<br/></td></tr></table>

Overall ant species richness and richness of cryptobiotic species in three different habitats. Shown is the observed and estimated (±SD) number of species (Jacknife 1 species richness estimator).

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

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