Table 2. Summary of ant sampling data by site and method. Sites are arranged from left to right in order of increasing herbaceous cover.

site 231 336 208 3 7 101 306 322 22 73 79 77 a) Pitfall Traps, 56 traps per site # ants captured 3957 3136 2141 2134 2197 2609 1919 1263 1784 3910 1673 2342 # species 43 47 35 38 34 33 36 26 33 32 26 32 b) Ground Baits, 72 baits per site % of baits with ants 88% 82% 74% 51% 64% 44% 72% 61% 56% 88% 65% 71% # ants at baits 3994 1837 2148 899 1145 872 3173 2055 1886 8170 4957 3128 # species 12 17 10 10 12 10 11 8 12 10 4 9 c) Tree Baits % occupied baits w/ Crematogaster ashmeadi 85% 91% 96% 98% 99% 91% 85% 89% 99% 32% 90% 96% # ants at baits 1489 1384 1873 3807 4819 2610 5400 6034 3126 6407 552 1371 # species 7 7 6 6 5 7 8 6 3 10 7 5 # of trees 106 150 144 130 168 282 151 211 121 175 53 107 average DBH 24 24.7 22.7 28.9 22.2 19.1 21.3 18 24.9 20.6 35.6 26.7 d) Subterranean Baits, 72 baits per site % of baits with ants 67% 88% 57% 74% 71% 39% 42% 71% 57% 22% 42% 46% % occupied baits w/ Solenopsis carolinensis 46% 53% 80% 80% 50% 40% 80% 92% 50% 0% 30% 50% # ants at baits 1212 1110 575 995 638 346 409 1049 556 100 326 355 # species 10 8 6 9 6 6 8 7 6 4 7 4