Issue Description


Authors : S. L. Pawar

Page Nos : 100-103

Description :
Ants contribute a striking component of terrestrial biodiversity and are the most contradictory group among all social insects. These acts as an ecosystem engineers. They play very important role in the ecosystem by improving the soil texture and assisting in the decomposition process of the organic components. Being a communal creature, ants validate a special interest in the study of their behavior, species variation, social behavior and high mass. All these factors make higher contribution of the formicidal biomass on the earth. Ants have achieved surprising ecological importance and dominance in terrestrial ecosystem. These successful components of ecosystem can be the good indicators of the health of the ecosystem. Investigative studies and theoretical data on role of ants in ecosystem are minimal compared to other animals, especially in India. Ants can be studied practically everywhere like interiors of agricultural fields, forests or in underground soil and upto the houses. Present investigation is to look at their distribution across variety of habitat types and to study their role in maintenance of that ecosystem. Present investigation gives the results of species diversity of ants and richness of the soil from some selected localities around the famous land fort of Ahmednagar. Present study will help in studying the significance of their organizational functioning in the ecosystem studied.

Date of Online: 30 May 2020