[PDF][PDF] Wheeler's dilemma revisited: first Oecophylla-Lasius syninclusion and other ants syninclusions in the Bitterfeld amber (late Eocene)

AG Radchenko, EE Perkovsky - Invertebrate Zoology, 2021 - researchgate.net
The first syninclusions of extant tropical and Holarctic ant genera are reported from Bitterfeld
amber: the tropical Oecophylla F. Smith (O. brischkei Mayr, 1868) with the Holarctic genus …

The effect of selective logging on microclimates, arthropod abundance and the foraging behaviour of Eastern Himalayan birds

K Aggarwal, R Chanda, S Rai, M Rai… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Selective logging—the practice of removing a subset of commercially important trees from a
forest—is a globally pervasive form of forest degradation. Selective logging alters both the …

Distribution and Differentiation of Fossil Oecophylla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Species by Wing Imprints

KS Perfilieva - Paleontological Journal, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Ten Middle Miocene imprints of Oecophylla Smith, 1860 (Stavropol Region, Russia)
are described and redescribed from the collection of the Arthropoda Laboratory of the …

Intraspecific trait variability and community assembly in hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) across an elevational gradient in the eastern Himalayas, India

M Mungee, R Athreya - Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated some aspects of hawkmoth community assembly at 13 elevations along a
200‐to 2770‐m transect in the eastern Himalayas, a little studied biodiversity hot spot of …

Partner supply mediates elevational gradients in the outcome of ant‐hemipteran mutualistic associations

LF Camacho, JP Lessard, L Avilés - Journal of Biogeography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Along elevational or latitudinal gradients, the dynamics of mutualistic interactions may
be driven by shifts in partner abundance, themselves driven by changes in environmental …

Ant impacts on global patterns of bird elevational diversity

U Srinivasan, K Shanker, TD Price - Ecology Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Using data on bird species elevational distributions from the world's mountain ranges, bird
diets, and the distribution of the ant genus Oecophylla, we report that global patterns in bird …

1· Mountain Birds and Their Habitats

D Chamberlain, A Lehikoinen, D Scridel… - … and Conservation of …, 2023 - books.google.com
Mountains are high relief habitats that occur across all continents. Their impressive features
define landscapes and human societies. These high elevation, 1 topographically complex …

Abiotic niche predictors of long-term trends in body mass and survival of Eastern Himalayan birds

A Bharadwaj, R Chanda, U Srinivasan - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Climate change and habitat degradation are two of the greatest threats to tropical
biodiversity today. In addition to their independent effects, habitat degradation compounds …

Poles apart-the structure and composition of the bird community in bamboo in the Eastern Himalaya

S Srinivasan, DK Pradhan, M Rai, A Biswakarma… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Abstract Bamboos (Poaceae: Bambuseae) are a unique and diverse group of plants (> 1500
species) that are found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Various birds …

Microclimatic niche shifts predict long-term survival and body mass declines in a warmer and more degraded world

A Bharadwaj, R Chanda, A Biswakarma, B Tamang… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
The synergistic impacts of climate change and habitat degradation threaten tropical species
worldwide. However, how species' microclimatic niches affect their demographic and …