Data+Analysis

=Data Analysis=

__List of Total Ant Genera Found__ (11 found out of 32 known genera in New England) 1. Tetramorium caespitum (only Tetramorium known from New England, invasive) 2. Camponotus 3. Leptothorax 4. Solenopsis 5. Formica 6. Myrmica 7. Tapinoma 8.Dolichoderus 9. Nylanderia 10.Prenolepis 11. Myrmecina



This graph shows a variation between different habitat types. It hows that the forest habitat had the highest diversity of ant species.


===This graph depicts the trend between the percentage of plant cover on the ground and the amount of ant species in a given area. There is a strong trend showing the higher the percent of plant cover on the ground the greater the number of ant species.===



This graph depicts the trend between the amount of litter and the amount of ant activity i a given area. Overall, there is a weak trend showing the more litter the lower the amount of ant activity.


===This graph depicts the trend between the amount of litter and the amount of ant species in a given area. Overall, there is a weak trend showing that the more litter, the greater the number of ant species.===



===This graph shows the relationship between the amount of ant species and the canopy coverage percentage. There is a trend demonstrating that the greater the canopy coverage percentage the greater the amount of ant species.===