Ecological disturbance is fundamental to the dynamics of biological communities, yet a
conceptual framework for understanding the responses of faunal communities to …

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 …

Despite progress in recent decades, the conservation management of insects and allied
invertebrates in Australia is challenging and remains a formidable task against a …

Ants are a prominent invertebrate group used to assess ecological change in response to
disturbance. Their application as a bioindicator group has been particularly widespread in …

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

Ecosystem restoration can help reverse biodiversity loss, but whether faunal communities of
forests undergoing restoration converge with those of primary forest over time remains …

综述了蚂蚁群落常见抽样方法和分析方法, 总结了陷阱法, 样方法, 诱饵法, 枯落物抽样法,
手拣法, 杀虫剂击倒法, 精细抽样法及样地调查法等抽样方法的优点及不足, 分析了不同抽样方法 …

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; …

Biosystematics and conservation biology are critical scientific disciplines that underpin the
management of biological diversity. This is because biosystematics provides two basic …

The partitioning of gamma diversity into its alpha and beta components has been used to
quantify the effects of natural habitat reduction on species diversity and distribution. Ant …