Everybody Poops… Patrick “Poopy Pat” Milligan -or- “Cascade effects of an invasive ant species on decomposers of the Mpala Research Centre environs”
Discovery Day: Milligan
Dec 21, 2014
Mpala Research Centre Discovery Day 2014
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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”
Pheidole megacephala
Caroline Stone 2014
Decomposers!
Experimental Design6 site pairs
312 dung samples
624 pitfall traps
Too much poo!
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
Was it worth it?
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