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Everybody Poops… Patrick “Poopy Pat” Milligan -or- “Cascade effects of an invasive ant species on decomposers of the Mpala Research Centre environs”
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Page 1: Everybody Poops… Patrick “Poopy Pat” Milligan -or- “Cascade effects of an invasive ant species on decomposers of the Mpala Research Centre environs”

Everybody Poops…

Patrick “Poopy Pat” Milligan

-or- “Cascade effects of an invasive ant species on decomposers of the Mpala Research Centre environs”

Page 2: Everybody Poops… Patrick “Poopy Pat” Milligan -or- “Cascade effects of an invasive ant species on decomposers of the Mpala Research Centre environs”

Pheidole megacephala

Caroline Stone 2014

Page 3: Everybody Poops… Patrick “Poopy Pat” Milligan -or- “Cascade effects of an invasive ant species on decomposers of the Mpala Research Centre environs”

Decomposers!

Page 4: Everybody Poops… Patrick “Poopy Pat” Milligan -or- “Cascade effects of an invasive ant species on decomposers of the Mpala Research Centre environs”

Experimental Design6 site pairs

312 dung samples

624 pitfall traps

Too much poo!

Page 5: Everybody Poops… Patrick “Poopy Pat” Milligan -or- “Cascade effects of an invasive ant species on decomposers of the Mpala Research Centre environs”

Results (so far…)Dung Samples: 16.5% lower species diversity in

invaded areas

Pitfall Traps: 22.4% lower species diversity in invaded areas

Mass Lost per Day33.97% lost in uninvaded areas19.43% lost in invaded areas

Page 6: Everybody Poops… Patrick “Poopy Pat” Milligan -or- “Cascade effects of an invasive ant species on decomposers of the Mpala Research Centre environs”

Was it worth it?


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