Comprising a substantial part of living biomass on earth, ants are integral to the functioning
of terrestrial ecosystems. More than 12,000 species have been described to date, and it is …

Ants are a dominant faunal group in tropical forests, but their responses to human
disturbances remain poorly investigated. Here we examine the relative effects of habitat …

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 …

The simplification of native habitats leads to biodiversity decline in tropical terrestrial
ecosystems. We evaluated how conversion of three types of native Cerrado vegetation …

Environmental indicators can be used to evaluate natural recovery processes. Although
several studies have used ant assemblage metrics as environmental indicators, few try to …

Since their origin about 120 million years ago (Mya), ants have evolved to become the most
species-rich and ecologically diverse group of social insects (Grimaldi and Engel 2005; …

Монография посвящена пространственному распределению почвенных животных на
разных уровнях разрешения: исследуемой точки, биогеоценоза, ландшафта, региона …

Ants have been shown as particularly affected by land disturbance through deforestation
and conversion of forest to agriculture. The effect of land use change on ant diversity in the …

Adaptive management at its most basic level involves the continual incorporation of new
knowledge into a decision-making process to refine and improve project actions and …

Aim We investigate the dynamics of ant biodiversity patterns and community structure from
the Eocene until the present. Our goal is to empirically test hypotheses regarding the …