Abstract
AbstractLucidophyllous forest is the climax vegetation of the lowland and foothill areas of south‐western Japan. We investigated the myrmecofauna of lucidophyllous forests in different developmental stages in relation to the intensity of disturbance. The less‐disturbed lucidophyllous forests contained a greater variety of myrmecofauna. This pattern was explained by the condition of the habitat. Richness in epigeal and/or hypogeal ant species is related to habitat structure, especially vegetation structure expressed as summed vegetation cover, and the proportion of evergreen trees was a better predictor of ant species richness than the depth of the soil organic layer. In disturbed stands, habitat conditions have deteriorated; subsequently, some silvicolous ant species have disappeared.
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