Plants in Your Ants: Using Ant Mounds to Test Basic Ecological Principles

Urban students often have limited access to field sites for ecological studies. Ubiquitous ants and their mounds can be used to study and test ecology-based questions. We describe how soil collected from ant mounds can be used to investigate how biotic factors (ants) can affect abiotic factors in th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American biology teacher 2010-03, Vol.72 (3), p.172-175
Hauptverfasser:	Zettler, Jennifer A., Collier, Alexander, Leidersdorf, Bil, Patrick Sanou, Missa
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accident Prevention Agricultural site preparation Agricultural soils ant mounds Ants Bacteria Behavior Brassica rapa Ecology Entomology Environmental aspects Environmental education Experimental design Fire ants Formicidae Inquiry & Investigations Insect colonies macronutrients Methods micronutrients Moisture content Mounds Nitrogen fixation Plant growth Plants Plants (Botany) Research Design Science education Science Instruction Scientific Concepts Scientific Methodology Scientific Principles Seeds Soil ecology Soil insects Soil Science Soil treatment Soil types Statistical Analysis Student Organizations Study and teaching Teaching Teaching Methods Urban Schools Urban Youth
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Zusammenfassung:	Urban students often have limited access to field sites for ecological studies. Ubiquitous ants and their mounds can be used to study and test ecology-based questions. We describe how soil collected from ant mounds can be used to investigate how biotic factors (ants) can affect abiotic factors in the soil that can, in turn, influence plant growth.
ISSN:	0002-7685 1938-4211
DOI:	10.1525/abt.2010.72.3.8