TABLE 2. Ranking of target genera according to their ability to estimate total ant species richness at a site (hectare scale), based on correlations with within-genus richness (data from Andersen 1997c ). Two groups of regional sites are recognized, those representing a single habitat type but varying in disturbance, and those representing variation between habitats.
Within Habitat
| Between habitats
|
Melophorus
| Melophorus
|
Rhytidoponera
| Meranoplus
|
Monomorium
| Rhytidoponera
|
Pheidole
| Monomorium
|
Polyrhachis
| Pheidole
|
Meranoplus
| Iridomyrmex
|
Camponotus
| Polyrhachis
|
Iridomyrmex
| Camponotus
|