Fig. 1. a. Sampling occurred within a 200 in Taxonomic And Functional Diversity Of Ants (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) In An Upper Hill Dipterocarp Forest In Peninsular Malaysia

Fig. 1. a. Sampling occurred within a 200-ha area of the Perak Integrated Timber Complex (PITC) where 24 sampling plots were established. b. Filled circle shows the location of PITC in the Temengor Forest Reserve in northern Peninsular Malaysia. c. Each sampling plot consisted of a 20 × 80 m rectangle that contained four square subplots (20 × 20 m) delineated within them. Each subplot was further divided into four 10 × 10 m quadrats. Open circles indicate placement of arboreal pitfall and ground pitfall traps and filled circles indicate placement of baits and leaf litter sifting in each quadrat.