In dryland environments, where rain is scarce and unpredictable, ecological restoration of
degraded ecosystems presents significant challenges. Several restoration techniques based …

Urbanization is a crucial driver of environmental and biodiversity change. It is suggested that
urbanization favours generalist and invasive species and might harm specialists of natural …

Successful seed‐based restoration in dryland systems is difficult due to the many limitations
associated with germination and establishment. Seed predators, including granivorous ants …

Ants are one of the most biodiverse groups of animals on the planet and inhabit different
environments. The maintenance of ant colonies in controlled environments enables an …

Placing traits into novel evolutionary contexts may profoundly alter their functional roles.
Here, we investigated whether the elaiosome, a lipid‐rich appendage located on seeds …

Intensive agriculture and monoculture lead to significant reduction, or loss, of the initial
biodiversity. This reduction or loss of biodiversity, can be mitigated by the presence of …

Khongthawie S, Hasin S, Ponpinij S, Pinkaew N. 2023. Ground-dwelling ant diversity in
forests and agricultural land use at Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Thailand. Biodiversitas 24 …

Forest fragments and plantations have important values in ecological restoration under the
global urbanization trend, which represent widely distributed however largely understudied …

Invasive alien plant species (IAPS) are severely changing ecosystems on earth. Studying
the interactions that allow IAPS to establish and spread in the new regions is crucial. Ants …

In degraded drylands, direct sowing is one of the most widespread revegetation practices,
but its efficiency is low and usually seed enhancement techniques are needed to increase …