There is a long tradition of community ecologists using interspecific dominance hierarchies
as a way to explain species coexistence and community structure. However, there is …

1. Interspecific competition is a major structuring principle in ecological communities.
Despite their prevalence, the outcome of competitive interactions is hard to predict, highly …

Coastal dunes are complex and fragile ecosystems. The decrease in environmental
stressors from sea to inland creates zonation patterns of habitats, which support high …

Competition for limited resources can yield two contrasting outcomes in community structure,
namely, either (i) dominance of most competitive species (with functional convergence of the …

In this study, the composition of ant communities was compared in four adjacent
phytophysiognomies in Morro dos Conventos Restinga, Brazil. We tested our hypothesis …

Both decreases in compositional similarity with increasing geographic distances between
sites (ie distance–decay relationship) and vertical stratification of species composition are …

Choosing an appropriate sampling method to study ants is a key factor since distinct
sampling methods can capture distinct ant fauna and, therefore, leading to bias in the …

Pitfall traps are among the most common sampling methods used for the study of ants. There
are many types of traps and many possible ways of using them. The various methodologies …

Granivore foraging decisions affect consumer success and determine the quantity and
spatial pattern of seed survival. These decisions are influenced by environmental variation …

Here we examine the extent to which European patterns of ant diversity and functional
composition conform with those documented in North America. Following protocols …