Social Parasite Ants in the Alps: a New Site of the Vulnerable Myrmica myrmicoxena and New Uppermost Altitudinal Limit for M. microrubra

Social Parasite Ants in the Alps: a New Site of the Vulnerable Myrmica myrmicoxena and New Uppermost Altitudinal Limit for M. microrubra

We conducted a survey on the Alpine fauna of one of the largest Natural Park of the Italian Alps (Stelvio National Park) in the framework of a broad ecological monitoring of Alpine biodiversity. A two-years standardized sampling employing pitfall traps along a 1200 m altitudinal gradient led to the...

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Main Authors: Enrico Schifani, Cristina Castracani, Fiorenza Augusta Spotti, Daniele Giannetti, Martina Ghizzoni, Mauro Gobbi, Valeria Lencioni, Luca Pedrotti, Donato Antonio Grasso, Alessandra Mori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2021-11-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
inquilinism
species rarity
social parasitism
IUCN
vulnerable species
Italy
Online Access:http://ojs3.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/7276

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