The researchers also looked more closely to see whether historical land connections significantly affect ant communities. (sciencedaily.com)
«Interestingly, the past land connections during the Last Glacial Maximum are more important in explaining the existing ant community patterns, than the way land is configured now,» Wepfer said. (sciencedaily.com)
«This may be due to the fact that historical land connections existed for a much longer time than the connections that we have today and ants take a long time to distribute.» (sciencedaily.com)