USING ANTS AS INDICATORS OF PLANT COMMUNITIES AT KHAO YAI NATIONAL PARK

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Rungnapa Poonjampa
Dacha Wiwatwitaya

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Studies on using ants as indicators of Khao Yai National Park were carried out from November 2000 to October 2001. The 4 different plant communities such as mixed deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest were selected. One hundred sampling plots size 30 x 30 cm2. were placed in each plant community. The specimens were collected every other month. It was found that there were 37 species of ants that can be found only in mixed deciduous forest and the ant as the indicator is Puratrechina sp.7. While 18 species of ants were found in dry evergreen forest and Poneru sp.3 is the best indicator. In tropical rain forest, it was found 24 species of ants and Acropyga acutiventris Roger, Technomyrmex sp.6, Tapinoma sp.1, Aenictus ceylonicus (Mayr), Pachycondyla (Bruchuponera) nigrita (Emery) were selected as the best indicator. Lastly, in hill evergreen forest only 10 species were found and Cerapachys sp.2 is considered to be the best indicator.

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Poonjampa, R., & Wiwatwitaya, D. (2022). USING ANTS AS INDICATORS OF PLANT COMMUNITIES AT KHAO YAI NATIONAL PARK. Thai Journal of Forestry, 21(1), 84–95. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjf/article/view/256011
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