Table 1 Summary of ants sampled in three locations representing the levels of urbanization (LU = less-urbanized; MU = moderately-urbanized; HU = highly-urbanized).

From: Urban tropical forest islets as hotspots of ants in general and invasive ants in particular

Location

Abundance

Richness

Native ant abundance

Native ant richness

Invasive ant abundance

Invasive ant richness

A. gracilipes abundance

Kodagu (LU)

6.56

63

5.3

56

1.3

7

0.02

Kasaragod (MU)

5.2

61

3.6

52

1.6

9

0.42

Trivandrum (HU)

4.7

60

3.11

53

1.6

7

0.6

Overall

5.5

96

3.99

86

1.5

10

0.35

  1. The percent share of native and invasive ants is given. The percent share of A. gracilipes is on the total abundance of ants.
Back to article page