Soils are home to more than 25% of the earth's total biodiversity and supports life on land
and water, nutrient cycling and retention, food production, pollution remediation, and climate …

We describe the use of ants as indicators in Brazil, based on a critical review of published
articles. The analysis of fifty‐eight papers, encompassing a range of almost 25 years …

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

Globally increasing rates of mine site discontinuations are resulting in the need for
immediate implementation of effective conservation and management strategies. Surveying …

Ants are a very diverse taxonomic group. They display remarkable social organization that
has enabled them to be ubiquitous throughout the world. They make up approximately 10 …

This review article analyzes the importance of assessing the success of ecological
restoration by using four indicators: assemblage of the plant and animal communities; …

Understanding the trajectory of changes in substrate physicochemical properties is critical
for revegetation of mine tailings. The study tracked changes of selected physicochemical …

The interactions between soil invertebrates and environmental variations are relatively
unknown in the assessment of soil quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate soil …

The recovery of postindustrial ecosystems is difficult to predict and depends on numerous
factors. Afforestation whereby trees are planted without improvement of soil properties is a …

Abstract The Brazilian Savanna is threatened mainly by the expansion of agriculture and
livestock. Regarding environmental problems, habitat loss in the biome and the need to …