The tribal and generic classification of the diverse ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae) is revised to reflect recent molecular phylogenetic information and a reappraisal …

Ants are widely used as bioindicators in environmental assessment in Australia, partly
because the responses of ant communities to disturbance are relatively well understood. In …

Comprising a substantial part of living biomass on earth, ants are integral to the functioning
of terrestrial ecosystems. More than 12,000 species have been described to date, and it is …

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 …

We investigated responses of ant communities to habitat complexity, with the aim of
assessing complexity as a useful surrogate for ant species diversity. We used pitfall traps to …

Taken literally, the aim of biodiversity monitoring is to track changes in the biological integrity
of ecosystems. Given the overwhelmingly dominant contribution of invertebrates to …

Urbanization threatens biodiversity, yet the number and scope of studies on urban arthropod
biodiversity are relatively limited. We sampled ant communities in three urban habitats …

Temperature is a core component of a species' fundamental niche. At the fine scale over
which most organisms experience climate (mm to ha), temperature depends upon the …

Da mesma maneira que em outros ecossistemas, significativa gama de organismos pode
habitar os solos. A abundância e a diversidade dos diferentes grupos estão geralmente …

Ants are a prominent invertebrate group used to assess ecological change in response to
disturbance. Their application as a bioindicator group has been particularly widespread in …