Ant diversity decreases during the dry season: A meta‐analysis of the effects of seasonality on ant richness and abundance

ACM Queiroz, TG Marques, CR Ribas… - Biotropica, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical studies traditionally describe insect diversity variation throughout the year. The
temporally structured responses of insect assemblages to climate seasonality vary across …

Ants of Brazil: an overview based on 50 years of diversity studies

RM Feitosa, GP Camacho, TSR Silva… - Systematics and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the historical efforts to list and organize the taxonomic knowledge about the
Brazilian ant fauna, the most diverse in the world, several gaps regarding species …

Soil macrofauna as indicators of soil quality and land use impacts in smallholder agroecosystems of western Nicaragua

L Rousseau, SJ Fonte, O Téllez, R van der Hoek… - Ecological …, 2013 - Elsevier
The tropical dry forest region along the western slope of Central America represents a
biodiverse and fragile area that is under increasing pressure from agricultural production …

[HTML][HTML] Conventional agricultural management negatively affects soil fauna abundance, soil physicochemical quality and multifunctionality

E Mamabolo, R Gaigher, JS Pryke - Pedobiologia, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification is one of the major drivers of biodiversity decline and the losses of
its functions in the soil. For soil health and sustainability planning, it is important to …

Taxonomic sufficiency and indicator taxa reduce sampling costs and increase monitoring effectiveness for ants

JLP Souza, FB Baccaro, VL Landeiro… - Diversity and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Despite the accelerating loss of biodiversity and the increased number of methods for
conservation planning, the availability of information about the spatial distribution of …

Species‐poor and low‐lying sites are more ecologically unique in a hyperdiverse Amazon region: Evidence from multiple taxonomic groups

VL Landeiro, B Franz, J Heino… - Diversity and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We analysed beta‐diversity patterns of various biological groups simultaneously, from
the perspective of site ecological uniqueness. We also investigated whether ecological …

Sampling and analysis methods for ant diversity assessment

J Delabie, E Koch, P Dodonov, B Caitano… - … arthropod biodiversity: A …, 2021 - Springer
The current demand for studies on ants in general and their communities in particular has
exponentially increased during the last decades. Much has already been said about ant …

[HTML][HTML] Soil fauna diversity is enhanced by vegetation complexity and no-till planting in regenerative agroecosystems

E Mamabolo, JS Pryke, R Gaigher - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural ecosystems are driven by the need to increase yield, due to increased food
demands. Conventional, intensive practices are not sustainable as they disrupt the …

Can environmental complexity predict functional trait composition of ground-dwelling ant assemblages? A test across the Amazon Basin

DR Guilherme, JLP Souza, E Franklin, PACL Pequeno… - Acta Oecologica, 2019 - Elsevier
Environmental gradients may influence species distributions by filtering their functional traits,
resulting in a correspondence between community functional composition and local …

Ant diversity studies in Brazil: an overview of the myrmecological research in a megadiverse country

FA Schmidt, CR Ribas, RM Feitosa, FB Baccaro… - Insectes Sociaux, 2022 - Springer
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 …