naa a22 4500 510737358 CHVBK 20180411083015.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11284-013-1083-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11284-013-1083-4 Invasive and socially parasitic ants are good bioindicators of habitat quality in Mediterranean forest remnants in northeast Spain [Elektronische Daten] [Víctor Bernal, Xavier Espadaler] We surveyed ants in 16 forest remnants in the Vallès lowlands north of Barcelona, Spain: eight with invasive exotic ants (IE=Linepithema humile and/or Lasius neglectus) present, seven with native parasitic ants (P=Lasius meridionalis, Lasius carniolicus, Plagiolepis xene, Chalepoxenus muellerianus, and/or Polyergus rufescens) present, and one remnant with both invasive exotic and parasitic ants present. Forest remnants with IE ants were smaller, more isolated, had greater perimeter/area, lower ant species density, and lower ant species richness than remnants with P ants. The community composition was also significantly different, with greater dissimilarity within remnants with alien, invasive species. The presence of some species is bio-indicator of low disturbance, whereas others are indicative of high disturbance. Our findings underscore the value of different types of ants as bio-indicators of fragmentation and habitat quality. The Ecological Society of Japan, 2013 Habitat fragmentation nationallicence Slave-making ant species nationallicence Forest remnant isolation nationallicence Forest remnant size nationallicence Bernal Víctor Ecology Unit and Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain aut Espadaler Xavier Ecology Unit and Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain aut Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/6(2013-11-01), 1011-1017 0912-3814 28:6<1011 2013 28 11284 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-013-1083-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-013-1083-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bernal Víctor Ecology Unit and Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Espadaler Xavier Ecology Unit and Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/6(2013-11-01), 1011-1017 0912-3814 28:6<1011 2013 28 11284 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer