Table 1.

Ant species with abundances found in plots and islands.

Species	Plots		Islands
	Presence	Abundance	Presence	Abundance
	(n= 39)	range	(n= 11)	range
Subfamily Formicinae
Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith)	69%	3–10541	75%	77–41296
Paratrechina longicornis (Latr.)	13%	4–52	25%	4–78
Paratrechina vaga (Forel)	31%	1–8	58%	1–41
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr)	5%	1–6	25%	1–7
Monomorium floricola (Jerdon)	31%	1–4	58%	1–19
Monomorium liliuokalanii Forel	3%	1	17%	1
Pheidole fervens Smith	31%	1–24	75%	1–75
Pheidole oceanica Mayr	56%	1–26	75%	2–156
Pheidole sexspinosa Mayr	36%	1–7	58%	1–38
Pheidole umbonata Mayr	41%	1–18	67%	1–88
Rogeria stigmatica Emery	13%	1	50%	1–5
Strumigenys sp. 1	5%	1	25%	1–2
Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nyl.)	18%	2–35	33%	6–103
Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr	41%	1–139	58%	1–424
Tetramorium simillimum (Smith)	18%	1–35	42%	1–84
Tetramorium tonganum Mayr	15%	1–14	33%	2–32
Subfamily Ponerinae
Anochetus graeffei Mayr	18%	1–5	50%	1–13

The 39 plots utilized in the study were placed on the 11 islands examined from Nukunonu Atoll, Tokelau.