The northward distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 40 years later: revisiting Robert E. Gregg’s 1969 Subarctic collection sites in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Abstract In 1969, Robert E. Gregg collected five species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in three Subarctic localities near the town of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, which he documented in a 1972 publication in The Canadian Entomologist. To determine whether there have been any additions to the loc...
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crcambridgeupr:10.4039/tce.2015.53 2023-05-15T15:55:03+02:00 The northward distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 40 years later: revisiting Robert E. Gregg’s 1969 Subarctic collection sites in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada Smith, M. Alex Boyd, Amanda Bringloe, Trevor Britton-Foster, Christopher Cahill, Hayley Desnoyers, Kelsey Duitshaever, Natalie Gibson, Daniel James, Stephen Jeong, Yurak Kelly, Darren Levene, Elli Lyttle, Hilary Masse, Talia Pare, Kate Paris, Kelsie Russell, Cassandra Scott, Eric Silva, Deborah Sparkes, Megan Valkova, Kami Adamowicz, Sarah J. 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/tce.2015.53 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X1500053X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms The Canadian Entomologist volume 148, issue 3, page 307-315 ISSN 0008-347X 1918-3240 Insect Science Molecular Biology Physiology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Structural Biology journal-article 2015 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2015.53 2022-04-07T08:08:57Z Abstract In 1969, Robert E. Gregg collected five species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in three Subarctic localities near the town of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, which he documented in a 1972 publication in The Canadian Entomologist. To determine whether there have been any additions to the local fauna – as might be predicted to occur in response to a warming climate and increased traffic to the Port of Churchill in the intervening 40 years – we re-collected ants from the same localities in 2012. We identified the ants we collected from Gregg’s sampling sites using both traditional morphological preparations and DNA barcoding. In addition, we examined specimens from Gregg’s initial collection that are accessioned at the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois, United States of America). Using this integrative approach we report seven species present at the same sites Gregg sampled 40 years earlier. We conclude that the apparent increase is likely not due to any arrivals from more southerly distributed ants, but to the increased resolution provided by DNA barcodes to resident species complexes with a complicated history. We provide a brief synopsis of these results and their taxonomic context. Article in Journal/Newspaper Churchill Subarctic Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Canada The Canadian Entomologist 148 3 307 315 |
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Insect Science Molecular Biology Physiology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Structural Biology Smith, M. Alex Boyd, Amanda Bringloe, Trevor Britton-Foster, Christopher Cahill, Hayley Desnoyers, Kelsey Duitshaever, Natalie Gibson, Daniel James, Stephen Jeong, Yurak Kelly, Darren Levene, Elli Lyttle, Hilary Masse, Talia Pare, Kate Paris, Kelsie Russell, Cassandra Scott, Eric Silva, Deborah Sparkes, Megan Valkova, Kami Adamowicz, Sarah J. The northward distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 40 years later: revisiting Robert E. Gregg’s 1969 Subarctic collection sites in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada |
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Abstract In 1969, Robert E. Gregg collected five species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in three Subarctic localities near the town of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, which he documented in a 1972 publication in The Canadian Entomologist. To determine whether there have been any additions to the local fauna – as might be predicted to occur in response to a warming climate and increased traffic to the Port of Churchill in the intervening 40 years – we re-collected ants from the same localities in 2012. We identified the ants we collected from Gregg’s sampling sites using both traditional morphological preparations and DNA barcoding. In addition, we examined specimens from Gregg’s initial collection that are accessioned at the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois, United States of America). Using this integrative approach we report seven species present at the same sites Gregg sampled 40 years earlier. We conclude that the apparent increase is likely not due to any arrivals from more southerly distributed ants, but to the increased resolution provided by DNA barcodes to resident species complexes with a complicated history. We provide a brief synopsis of these results and their taxonomic context. |
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Smith, M. Alex Boyd, Amanda Bringloe, Trevor Britton-Foster, Christopher Cahill, Hayley Desnoyers, Kelsey Duitshaever, Natalie Gibson, Daniel James, Stephen Jeong, Yurak Kelly, Darren Levene, Elli Lyttle, Hilary Masse, Talia Pare, Kate Paris, Kelsie Russell, Cassandra Scott, Eric Silva, Deborah Sparkes, Megan Valkova, Kami Adamowicz, Sarah J. |
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Smith, M. Alex Boyd, Amanda Bringloe, Trevor Britton-Foster, Christopher Cahill, Hayley Desnoyers, Kelsey Duitshaever, Natalie Gibson, Daniel James, Stephen Jeong, Yurak Kelly, Darren Levene, Elli Lyttle, Hilary Masse, Talia Pare, Kate Paris, Kelsie Russell, Cassandra Scott, Eric Silva, Deborah Sparkes, Megan Valkova, Kami Adamowicz, Sarah J. |
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The northward distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 40 years later: revisiting Robert E. Gregg’s 1969 Subarctic collection sites in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada |
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The northward distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 40 years later: revisiting Robert E. Gregg’s 1969 Subarctic collection sites in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada |
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The northward distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 40 years later: revisiting Robert E. Gregg’s 1969 Subarctic collection sites in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada |
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The northward distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 40 years later: revisiting Robert E. Gregg’s 1969 Subarctic collection sites in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada |
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The northward distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 40 years later: revisiting Robert E. Gregg’s 1969 Subarctic collection sites in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada |
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northward distribution of ants (hymenoptera: formicidae) 40 years later: revisiting robert e. gregg’s 1969 subarctic collection sites in churchill, manitoba, canada |
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