Zhi-Xuan Liu

Ant Diversity of the Xisha Islands: Community Structure, Exotic Species Colonization, and Ecological Functions in a Tropical Coral Archipelago

ABSTRACT The Xisha Islands in the South China Sea are a typical tropical coral archipelago at the forefront of global climate change and anthropogenic disturbance, yet their ant diversity and ecological functions remain uncharacterized. In this study, we systematically surveyed a...