Ant Survey, Victorian Dry Eucalypt SuperSite, Whroo, Core 1 ha, 2015

Ants are Australia’s dominant faunal group in terms of biomass and energy flow. They occupy all trophic levels, act as ecosystem engineers, feature in many mutualistic interactions with plants, and are a key food resource for many vertebrates. Ants are also Australia’s best studied insect group in terms of biogeography and community dynamics. They are the most widely used invertebrate bio-indicators in environmental assessment and monitoring.

Ants were collected in May 2015 and stored in ethanol for taxonomic assessment.

蚂蚁是澳大利亚生物量与能量流动维度下占主导地位的动物类群。它们占据所有营养级，作为生态系统工程师参与诸多与植物的互利共生交互，同时亦是众多脊椎动物的关键食物资源。此外，蚂蚁亦是澳大利亚在生物地理学与群落动态领域研究最为深入的昆虫类群，同时是环境评估与监测领域应用最广泛的无脊椎动物生物指示物（bio-indicator）。
蚂蚁样本采集于2015年5月，以乙醇保存，用于分类学鉴定评估。