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Table 1 Ant species with abundances found in plots and islands.

From: Competitive assembly of South Pacific invasive ant communities

Species

Plots

Islands

 

Presence

Abundance

Presence

Abundance

 

(n= 39)

range

(n= 11)

range

Subfamily Formicinae

Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith)

69%

3–10541

75%

77–41296

Paratrechina longicornis (Latr.)

13%

4–52

25%

4–78

Paratrechina vaga (Forel)

31%

1–8

58%

1–41

Subfamily Myrmicinae

Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr)

5%

1–6

25%

1–7

Monomorium floricola (Jerdon)

31%

1–4

58%

1–19

Monomorium liliuokalanii Forel

3%

1

17%

1

Pheidole fervens Smith

31%

1–24

75%

1–75

Pheidole oceanica Mayr

56%

1–26

75%

2–156

Pheidole sexspinosa Mayr

36%

1–7

58%

1–38

Pheidole umbonata Mayr

41%

1–18

67%

1–88

Rogeria stigmatica Emery

13%

1

50%

1–5

Strumigenys sp. 1

5%

1

25%

1–2

Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nyl.)

18%

2–35

33%

6–103

Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr

41%

1–139

58%

1–424

Tetramorium simillimum (Smith)

18%

1–35

42%

1–84

Tetramorium tonganum Mayr

15%

1–14

33%

2–32

Subfamily Ponerinae

Anochetus graeffei Mayr

18%

1–5

50%

1–13

  1. The 39 plots utilized in the study were placed on the 11 islands examined from Nukunonu Atoll, Tokelau.