CHAPTER 3 - Mosaics - Evidence from Cameroun - Summary Table of Arboreal Surveys in Campo Forest - Dejean & colleagues
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D = Dominant, SD = subdominant, N = nesting, F = foraging, HB = hollow branch & epiphyte nests, indN = independent nests, GN = ground nesting
Cell background - CANOPY, SUBCANOPY (trunk), LOWER STRATUM (base of trunk).
| Ant species | Primary forest climax trees (160 canopies, 20 vines) |
Edge vegetation (369 plants) |
|---|---|---|
| Crematogaster depressa | D, N & F; 87.4% | |
| Crematogaster (Atopogyne) sp l | D, N & F, 1.8% | |
| Tetramorium aculeatum | D, N & F (one vine) | D, N & F, 9.2% |
| Oecophylla longinoda | D, N & F, 6.0% | D, N & F, 13% |
| Crematogaster striatula | D, GN or dead wood on trees, 25.5% | |
| Pheidole megacephala | D, GN or dead wood on trees, 18.2% | |
| Tetraponera aethiops | D only on Barteria fistulosa (6 plants) | |
| Atopomyrmex mocquerysi | D on 1 plant, hollow branch nest | |
| Crematogaster stadelmanni | D on 1.6%, carton nest on trunk | |
| Tetramorium africanum | D, N & F on 2 plants | |
| Platythyrea conradti | F, HB | |
| Tetraponera anthracina | F, HB | Nests in hollow branches |
| Tetraponera species | F, HB | |
| Cataulacus guineensis | F, HB | SD, 6 plants |
| Cataulacus lobata | F, HB | |
| Polyrhachis decemdentata | F, HB | |
| Camponotus brutus | SD, F, indN (polydomous in dry branches) | SD, 12.2% |
| Camponotus sp | F, indN | |
| Polyrhachis militaris | F, indN | |
| Camponotus flavomarginatus | nocturnal, 7 plants | |
| Camponotus sp N | SD 16 plants | |
| Camponotus sp 1 | SD 1 plant | |
| Camponotus sp 2 | SD 2 plants | |
| Polyrhachis laboriosa | SD 11 plants (rough carton nests) | |
| Pheidole 3 spp | Sole nest area | |
| Anochetus sp | indN | |
| Crematogaster sp 2 | indN | |
| Pheidole 3 spp | indN | |
| Paratrechina sp | indN | |
| Cataulacus erinaceus | Nests in hollow branches | |
| Cataulacus pullus | Nests in hollow branches | |
| Pheidole sp 7, 8 & 9 | GN, in dead wood, under bark, etc. | |
| Discothyrea mixta | indN | |
| Discothyrea oculata | indN | |
| Pachycondyla sp | indN | |
| Monomorium draxocum | indN | |
| Oligomyrmex sp | indN | |
| Tetramorium camerunense | indN | |
| Odontomachus troglodytes | GN |
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