Mohseni Mohammad Reza, Pashaei Rad Shahrokh
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran (
Department of Animal Science and Marine biology, Faculty of Life Science & Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran (
Biodivers Data J. 2021 Jan 15;9:e54843. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e54843. eCollection 2021.
The current study is aimed at investigating the effect of edaphic factors on the distribution and abundance of ants in different habitats of the central areas of Iran, while considering the vegetation. During 2018 to 2019, 20 stations from four habitats, including deserts, mountainous and submontane, plains and rural areas and urban areas, were selected. In general, a total of 311 sample units were collected from all the stations, out of which, 32 species belonging to 13 genera, nine tribes and three subfamilies were identified. The biological distribution and abundance of species were argued by computing the physical and chemical parameters of the soil, such as salinity, pH, total nitrogen, organic carbon, calcium and vegetation. The present study has demonstrated that the calcium content significantly affects the species richness of ants, although the impact of this element on various genera is different. We found that increasing in the abundance and richness of plant species has a positive impact on the abundance and richness of ants. Our results also show that some genera are meaningfully adaptable to a variety of habitats. In Kahak station, which is an urban habitat, with enormous diversity, 14 species were found, while in Sadrabad Historic Karvansara, a desert habitat, only (André, 1881) was collected. (Karavaiev, 1924), as the most abundant species, collected from 12 stations, was the most dominant species.
本研究旨在调查伊朗中部不同栖息地土壤因子对蚂蚁分布和数量的影响，同时考虑植被因素。在2018年至2019年期间，从包括沙漠、山区和亚山区、平原以及农村和城市地区在内的四个栖息地选取了20个站点。总体而言，从所有站点共收集了311个样本单元，从中鉴定出属于13个属、9个族和3个亚科的32个物种。通过计算土壤的物理和化学参数，如盐度、pH值、总氮、有机碳、钙以及植被，来探讨物种的生物分布和数量。本研究表明，钙含量显著影响蚂蚁的物种丰富度，尽管该元素对不同属的影响有所不同。我们发现植物物种丰富度和数量的增加对蚂蚁的丰富度和数量有积极影响。我们的结果还表明，一些属能够很好地适应各种栖息地。在具有高度多样性的城市栖息地卡哈克站发现了14个物种，而在沙漠栖息地萨德拉巴德历史商队旅馆，仅采集到了（安德烈，1881年）。（卡拉瓦耶夫，1924年）作为最丰富的物种，从12个站点采集到，是最优势的物种。
