Despite the historical efforts to list and organize the taxonomic knowledge about the
Brazilian ant fauna, the most diverse in the world, several gaps regarding species …

Despite the importance of considering arthropods in monitoring programs and conservation
planning given their diversity in terrestrial ecosystems and potential in revealing …

Aim In this paper we aim to show that proportional sampling can detect species–area
relationships (SARs) more effectively than uniform sampling. We tested the contribution of …

Habitat change affects both taxonomic and functional biodiversity, and beta-diversity is often
used as a metric to describe these changes. Furthermore, spatially closer communities tend …

Seminatural grasslands in Europe are susceptible to habitat destruction and fragmentation
that result in negative effects on biodiversity because of increased isolation and area effects …

Studies about processes determining biodiversity in Pantanal are urgently needed and the
use of invertebrates for this purpose may be an efficient tool. The purpose of this paper is to …

In this paper, we tested four hypotheses relative to edge and shape effects on ant
communities:(i) forest edges have lower species richness than the remnant core;(ii) species …

Several mechanisms may lead to species loss in fragmented habitats, such as edge and
shape effects, loss of habitat and heterogeneity. Ants and crickets were sampled in 18 forest …

In this paper we tested the assumption that smaller and more isolated remnants receive
fewer ant colonizers and lose more species. We also tested hypotheses to explain such a …

Context Small fragments of natural habitats with an increased proportion of edges are
common landscape traits following agricultural expansion. Consequences of habitat …