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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”
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
Decomposers!
Experimental Design6 site pairs312 dung samples624 pitfall trapsToo much poo!
Results (so far…)Dung Samples: 16.5% lower species diversity in
invaded areasPitfall Traps: 22.4% lower species diversity in
invaded areasMass Lost per Day
33.97% lost in uninvaded areas19.43% lost in invaded areas
Was it worth it?
