We describe the use of ants as indicators in Brazil, based on a critical review of published
articles. The analysis of fifty‐eight papers, encompassing a range of almost 25 years …

Ants are highly influential organisms in terrestrial ecosystems, including the tallgrass prairie,
one of the most endangered ecosystems in North America. Through their tunneling, ants …

Ants accumulate heavy metals and respond to pollution with modification in species
composition, community structure, altered behaviour and immunity. However, the levels of …

Environmental indicators can be used to evaluate natural recovery processes. Although
several studies have used ant assemblage metrics as environmental indicators, few try to …

Atividades agrícolas, florestais e do setor imobiliário vêm, ao longo do tempo, modificando
ambientes ecologicamente estruturados. As consequências são drásticas e, por isso, faz-se …

Cali is the third most prominent, and one of the most crowed, Colombian cities. It still
harbours some tropical dry forest patches that can mitigate the impacts of the urban …

Abstract The Brazilian Savanna is threatened mainly by the expansion of agriculture and
livestock. Regarding environmental problems, habitat loss in the biome and the need to …

Soil granulometric composition can impose constraints on ant species living in ground
habitats, being an important factor in defining the habitat templet, which describes how …

Ants possess several features that make them good candidates as indicators of
environmental contamination. Concentrations of six metals (Cu, Cd, Ni, Mn, Pb and Zn) were …

Ants are considered to be suitable indicators of ecological change and are widely used in
land management and environmental monitoring. However, responses of ant communities …