Agricultural and Biological Sciences
4 years ago

Climate change driving turnover in ant communities at high elevations

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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
High Temporal Beta Diversity in an Ant Metacommunity, With Increasing Temporal Functional Replacement Along the Elevational Gradient
Cássio Alencar Nunes, Flávio Siqueira de Castro, Humberto Brant, Scott Powell, Ricardo Solar, G. Wilson Fernandes, Frederico S. Neves

Paper Summary

The study looked at how ant communities change over time and with elevation on a tropical mountain. They found that both the types of ants and their traits varied a lot over time, but not necessarily more at higher elevations. The main reason for changes in ant species was because different species came and went, while changes in traits were more about different functions being replaced. This suggests that as the climate warms, ants at higher elevations may change more in terms of their traits and functions.

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