Ants play a central role in understanding the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on
communities and ecosystems because of their diversity, abundance, and functional roles in …

Ants are increasingly being recognized as useful tools for land managers to monitor
ecosystem conditions. However, despite an abundance of studies on ant responses to both …

ABSTRACT The Neotropical ant genus Wasmannia is reviewed and a key is provided to all
Wasmannia species. By far the most common species is W. auropunctata, native to the …

Aunque los orígenes de las hormigas (cuándo, dónde y cómo) sean misterios que nunca
podremos resolver, lo cierto es que hace unos 100 millones de años ya existían hormigas …

Bioindication has experienced renewed interest over the last decade, precipitated largely by
the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)(Glowka et al., 1994) and the 2010 target …

A change in land use from forest to livestock and agriculture is generally linked to a
potentially devastating effect on communities of flora and fauna. Tabasco is a state with the …

Aim To analyse the effects of forest fragmentation on ant communities in an Amazonian
landscape that has been fragmented for over a century. Location The region surrounding the …

The development of effective techniques to eradicate populations of invasive ant species is
crucial to the conservation of native biodiversity. An intensive program was initiated in 2001 …

The little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, probably arrived in Israel in ca. 1998 and was
identified in 2005; this is the first record of this species from open areas outside the tropics …

Mediante la utilización de mapas de cobertura vegetal, fotografías aéreas y datos de campo,
se evaluó el estado de fragmentación del bosque seco en la cuenca alta del río Cauca. El …