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Ant Community Structure in the High Canopy of Lowland Dipterocarp Forest
Scientist: Kalsum Mohd Yusah
Contact Email: kalsum.myusah@gmail.com
Institution: University of Cambridge, UK; CAL
Project Description:
The study will try to understand of what determines the structure of ant communities in the high canopy. It is thought that they are influenced by food resources, availability of nesting sites or differences in tree morphology. I have been carrying out baiting, observation, video recording and fogging in order to investigate this. All of these methods involve extensive climbing and rigging. Fieldwork is taking place in one of the pristine lowland rainforest reserves in Borneo; Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia. I am currently on my second phase of fieldwork.
Participants:
Kalsum Mohd Yusah, PhD student, University of Cambridge, BCAP & ACAP graduate.
William A. Foster, Supervisor, University of Cambridge.
Adzley Madran, Research Assistant, ACAP graduate.
Azlin Sailim, Research Assistant, Fieldskills qualified climber.
Jamiludin Jami, Research Assistant, Fieldskills qualified climber.
Nazarius Domianus, Research Assistant, Fieldskills qualified climber.
Abidullah Mohd Yusah, Voluntary Research Assistant, Fieldskills qualified climber.
Al-Kandi Mohd Nor, Voluntary Research Assistant, Fieldskills qualified climber.
Grant Harris, CAL Instructor, BCAP, ACAP & ICAP graduate.
Stephen Fry, Voluntary Research Assistant, BCAP graduate.
Waldo Etherington, Voluntary Research Assistant, BCAP & ACAP graduate.
Project Location: Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia
Added Date: 23-Oct-2009
Publications:
Andersen, S.B., Gerritsma, S., Yusah, Yusah, K. M., Mayntz, D., Hywel-Jones, N.L., Billen. J., Boomsma, J.J., & Hughes, D.P. (2009). The life of a dead ant: the expression of an adaptive extended phenotype. American Naturalist 174: 424-433
Fayle T.M., Ellwood M.D.F., Turner E.C., Snaddon J.L., Yusah K.M. & Foster W.A. (2008). Bird’s nest ferns: islands of biodiversity in the rainforest canopy. Antenna, 32(1), 34-37.
Photo Title: Fogging pans in the high canopy
Photo Credits: Stephen Fry
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