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 …

[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity consequences of land-use change and forest disturbance in the Amazon: A multi-scale assessment using ant communities

RR de Castro Solar, J Barlow, AN Andersen… - Biological …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Quantifying and understanding the main drivers of biodiversity responses to human
disturbances at multiple scales is key to foster effective conservation plans and management …

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 …

Increased anthropogenic disturbance and aridity reduce phylogenetic and functional diversity of ant communities in Caatinga dry forest

X Arnan, GB Arcoverde, MR Pie… - Science of the Total …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Anthropogenic disturbance and climate change are major threats to biodiversity. The
Brazilian Caatinga is the world's largest and most diverse type of seasonally dry tropical …

Understanding what bioindicators are actually indicating: Linking disturbance responses to ecological traits of dung beetles and ants

RL Carvalho, AN Andersen, DV Anjos, R Pacheco… - Ecological …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Biological responses to a disturbance can vary among taxa, which challenges the use of
bioindicators for representing biodiversity responses more broadly. Linking ecological traits …

Common ant species dominate morphospace: unraveling the morphological diversity in the Brazilian Amazon Basin

J Andrade‐Silva, FB Baccaro, LP Prado… - …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Rare plant and vertebrate species have been documented to contribute disproportionately to
the total morphological structure of species assemblages. These species often possess …

Environmental drivers of taxonomic and functional diversity of ant communities in a tropical mountain

FS Castro, PG Da Silva, R Solar… - Insect Conservation …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the patterns of taxonomic (TD) and functional (FD) α and β‐diversities of
ants in a mountainous landscape along three dimensions, namely one temporal (seasonal) …

Antifungal compounds from Streptomyces associated with attine ants also inhibit Leishmania donovani

HE Ortega, LLG Ferreira, WGP Melo… - PLOS Neglected …, 2019‏ - journals.plos.org
Bacterial strains isolated from attine ants showed activity against the insect specialized
fungal pathogen Escovopsis and also against the human protozoan parasite Leishmania …

Cerrado vegetation types determine how land use impacts ant biodiversity

ACM de Queiroz, AM Rabello, DL Braga… - Biodiversity and …, 2020‏ - Springer
The simplification of native habitats leads to biodiversity decline in tropical terrestrial
ecosystems. We evaluated how conversion of three types of native Cerrado vegetation …

Geographical variation in ant foraging activity and resource use is driven by climate and net primary productivity

CJ Lasmar, TR Bishop, CL Parr… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim Foraging activity is critical for animal survival. Comprehending how ecological drivers
influence foraging behaviour would benefit our understanding of the link between animals …