Kasseney Boris Dodji, N'tie Titati Bassouo, Nuto Yaovi, Wouter Dekoninck, Yeo Kolo, Glitho Isabelle Adolé
Laboratoire d'Entomologie Appliquée, Département de Zoologie et de Biologie Animale, Université de Lomé, 01 BP 1515, Lomé 01, Lome 151, Togo.
RBINS Scientific Service Heritage/O.D. Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Curator Entomology Collections, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Insects. 2019 Jul 23;10(7):218. doi: 10.3390/insects10070218.
Ants and termites are used as bioindicators in many ecosystems. Little knowledge is available about them in Togo, especially ants. This study aimed to find out how ants and termites could be used to assess the restoration of former agricultural land. These insect groups were sampled within six transects of 50 × 2 m (using pitfall traps, monoliths, baits for ants and hand sampling for termites) in two consecutive habitats: open area (grassland) and covered area (an artificial forest). Seventeen termite species and 43 ant species were collected. Seven ant species were specific to the covered area against four for the open area, while four unshared species of termite were found in the open area against three in the covered area. The presence of unshared species was linked to vegetation, as (Holmgren, 1912), a grass feeding termite, was solely found in open area. Also, for some ant species like (Santschi, 1914), (Lund, 1831) species, (Latreille, 1802) and (Brown, 1960), all arboreal species, vegetation was a determining factor for their presence. The occurrence of these species together with (Sjöstedt, 1911), (Brown, 1960) and (Bolton, 1983), suggest a more advanced level of restoration of the covered area.
在许多生态系统中，蚂蚁和白蚁被用作生物指示物种。在多哥，人们对它们了解甚少，尤其是蚂蚁。本研究旨在探究如何利用蚂蚁和白蚁来评估 former agricultural land 的恢复情况。在两个连续的栖息地（开阔区域（草地）和覆盖区域（人工林））的六个50×2米的样带内对这些昆虫群体进行了采样（使用陷阱诱捕器、整段土样、蚂蚁诱饵以及白蚁手工采样）。共收集到17种白蚁物种和43种蚂蚁物种。有7种蚂蚁物种是覆盖区域特有的，而开阔区域有4种，同时在开阔区域发现了4种未共享的白蚁物种，覆盖区域有3种。未共享物种的存在与植被有关，例如（Holmgren，1912），一种以草为食的白蚁，仅在开阔区域被发现。此外，对于一些蚂蚁物种，如（Santschi，1914）、（Lund，1831）物种、（Latreille，1802）和（Brown，1960），所有这些树栖物种，植被是它们存在的决定性因素。这些物种与（Sjöstedt，1911）、（Brown，1960）和（Bolton，1983）一起出现，表明覆盖区域的恢复水平更高。
原文中“former agricultural land”表述不太准确，可能是“废弃农田”之类的意思，但按要求未做修改。
