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Sep 2026
Ant Diversity of the Xisha Islands: Community Structure, Exotic Species Colonization, and Ecological Functions in a Tropical Coral Archipelago
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 ants across seven islands, integrating morphol...
Hua-Yan Chen, Zhi-Xuan Liu, Zheng-Hui Xu et al.
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