Our research group has spent two very successful summers collecting leaf litter ants in deciduous forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We have also processed all of the samples from Chuck Parker’s “pilot ATBI study.” Here, we propose to initiate a sampling regime for leaf litter ants in a variety of other ecosystems, focusing on high elevation sites, and continuing to sample at three apparently high diversity sites (Twin Creeks, Tremont, and in the Nolan Creek watershed).

Species by Month: CountsPerSpeciesByMonth.pdf

Species Ranking: SpeciesDistributionRanking.pdf

Species Report: Taxonomy.pdf

Principal Investigator

PI Name:  Dr. Nathan Sanders

PI Organization:  University of Tennessee, Knoxville