A regional species pool comprises all species available to colonize a focal site. The roots of
the concept are imbedded in island biogeography theory, supply-side ecology, and early …

The Brazilian cerrado savanna covers nearly 2 million km 2 and has a high incidence on
foliage of various liquid food sources such as extrafloral nectar and insect exudates. These …

A definitive guide to the depth and breadth of the ecological sciences, revised and updated
The revised and updated fifth edition of Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems–now in full …

This book provides an introductory text in ecology aimed at undergraduate students and is
divided into sections entitled: introduction; conditions and resources; individuals …

Processes acting on different spatial and temporal scales may influence local species
richness. Ant communities are usually described as interactive and therefore determined by …

We present a new approach to determine the number and composition of guilds, using the
hyperdiverse leaf‐litter ant fauna as a model, based on appropriate morphological variables …

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 …

Across ecology, and particularly within microbial ecology, there is limited understanding how
the generation and maintenance of diversity. Although recent work has shown that both local …

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 …

Recent progress in molecular systematics that assists species identifications, and in on-line
databases of ecological and museum collections that enable the integration of insect …