Ecology of terrestrial arthropods in freshwater wetlands

DP Batzer, H Wu - Annual Review of Entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The terrestrial arthropod fauna of wetlands has been largely ignored by scientists compared
to other ecological elements, yet these organisms are among the most important influences …

Ant pitfall trap sampling: An overview

AH Sheikh, GA Ganaie, M Thomas… - Journal of …, 2018 - indianjournals.com
Ants are widely distributed in both tropics and temperate regions at different altitudes. They
are both scavengers and predators, and serve as indicators of climate change at micro and …

Performance evaluation of Eta/HadGEM2-ES and Eta/MIROC5 precipitation simulations over Brazil

A Almagro, PTS Oliveira, R Rosolem, S Hagemann… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change effects can have significant impacts worldwide. Extreme events can modify
water availability and agricultural production, making climate change planning an essential …

Habitat diversity enhances ant diversity in a naturally heterogeneous Brazilian landscape

R Pacheco, HL Vasconcelos - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2012 - Springer
Understanding the factors that drive species richness and composition at multiple scales is
of crucial importance for conservation. Here we evaluated how habitat heterogeneity—at the …

How predictable is the response of ant assemblages to natural forest recovery? Implications for their use as bioindicators

FA Schmidt, CR Ribas, JH Schoereder - Ecological Indicators, 2013 - Elsevier
Environmental indicators can be used to evaluate natural recovery processes. Although
several studies have used ant assemblage metrics as environmental indicators, few try to …

[HTML][HTML] Fire and flood: How the Pantanal ant communities respond to multiple disturbances?

FV de Arruda, FB Teresa, VMG Layme… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Disturbances are key events in ecological systems, strongly impacting biological
communities. This study disentangles the effects of a chronic (flood) and acute (fire) …

Invasive alien plants affect grassland ant communities, colony size and foraging behaviour

M Lenda, M Witek, P Skórka, D Moroń… - Biological …, 2013 - Springer
Ants are dominant members of many terrestrial ecosystems and are regarded as indicators
of environmental changes. However, little is known about the effects of invasive alien plants …

Diversity and distribution of forest ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Nepal: Implications for sustainable forest management

IP Subedi, PB Budha, RM Kunwar, S Charmakar… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There is little information available about the species diversity and
distribution patterns of Nepalese ants, as well as their importance in maintaining forest …

Reduced ant diversity along a habitat regeneration gradient in the southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest

RR Silva, RSM Feitosa, F Eberhardt - Forest Ecology and Management, 2007 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the response of the ant communities along a habitat regeneration
gradient in the south Atlantic Forest comparing it with the ant fauna from a mature forest at …

[PDF][PDF] Diversity of arboreal ants in a Brazilian tropical dry forest: effects of seasonality and successional stage

FS Neves, RF Braga, MM do Espirito-Santo… - Sociobiology, 2010 - tropi-dry.org
In tropical systems, habitat heterogeneity and resource availability have been reported as
important factors driving ant species richness and composition. For this reason, these …