Ants as indicators in Brazil: a review with suggestions to improve the use of ants in environmental monitoring programs

CR Ribas, RBF Campos, FA Schmidt… - Psyche: A Journal of …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Prospects for biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest: lessons from aging human-modified landscapes

M Tabarelli, AV Aguiar, MC Ribeiro, JP Metzger… - Biological …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Recent global assessments have shown the limited coverage of protected areas across
tropical biotas, fuelling a growing interest in the potential conservation services provided by …

Species diversity and distribution patterns of the ants of Amazonian Ecuador

KT Ryder Wilkie, AL Mertl, JFA Traniello - Plos one, 2010‏ - journals.plos.org
Ants are among the most diverse, abundant and ecologically significant organisms on earth.
Although their species richness appears to be greatest in the New World tropics, global …

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 …

Ants as indicators of soil-based ecosystem services in agroecosystems of the Colombian Llanos

C Sanabria, P Lavelle, SJ Fonte - Applied Soil Ecology, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Ants represent a widespread and functionally diverse taxonomic group that are both
sensitive to land management and serve as important regulators of key soil processes …

Taxonomic, species and functional group diversity of ants in a tropical anthropogenic landscape

MÁ García-Martínez… - Tropical …, 2015‏ - journals.sagepub.com
In tropical dry landscapes, biodiversity conservation is dependent upon both the protection
of natural areas and the sustainable management of the agricultural matrix. We analyzed the …

How to prioritize areas for new ant surveys? Integrating historical data on species occurrence records and habitat loss

R Divieso, A Rorato, RM Feitosa, ALS Meyer… - Journal of Insect …, 2020‏ - Springer
Habitat loss is a leading cause of extinctions, which may occur even before species are
recorded or formally described. On the other hand, limitations in species distribution data …

Recovery of litter inhabiting beetle assemblages during forest regeneration in the Atlantic forest of Southern Brazil

PW Hopp, R Ottermanns, E Caron… - Insect Conservation …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
1. As mature tropical forests disappear, secondary forests with their potential to conserve
mature tropical forest species are increasingly of interest in a conservation context. 2. We …

Ground ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Iberá Nature Reserve, the largest wetland of Argentina

LA Calcaterra, F Cuezzo, SM Cabrera… - Annals of the …, 2010‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Iberá Nature Reserve in northeastern Argentina protects one of the largest
freshwater wetlands and reservoirs of species in South America. However, key invertebrate …

Insecta and Collembola as bioindicators of ecological restoration in the Ombrophilous Dense Forest in Southern Brazil

TCP Arenhardt, MD Vitorino, SV Martins - Floresta e Ambiente, 2021‏ - SciELO Brasil
The objective of this study was to evaluate the capacity as bioindicators of litter
arthropodofauna in pasture restoration in the Atlantic Forest Biome. Areas of native forest …