The global decline in insect diversity is worrisome and little is known about insects' response
to land use change. Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) are megadiverse and a key component in …

Scientometric investigation and scientific production analysis are essential for science
progress. Although a vast number of studies on Brazilian ant diversity have been carried out …

Ants are familiar to every naturalist, ecologist, entomologist, and pest control operator. The
identification of the 233 species of Florida ants is technically difficult, and information on …

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 …

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 …

The Northern-Indian Shivalik mountain range has recently come under strong
anthropogenic pressure. Ants were used as bioindicators to assess ecosystem health of the …

The development of easily observable measures of restoration success is essential for
monitoring of the ambitious proposed global restoration targets (eg The Bonn Challenge; …

The ecological functioning of dryland ecosystems is closely related to the spatial pattern of
the vegetation, which is typically structured in patches. Ground arthropods mediate key soil …

In the last decades, due to human land management that uses fire as a tool, and due to
abnormal droughts, many tropical forests have become more susceptible to recurrent …