From species descriptions to diversity patterns: the validation of taxonomic data as a keystone for ant diversity studies reproducibility and accuracy. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2023 Research findings in natural sciences need to be comparable and reproducible to effectively improve our understanding of ecological and behavioural patterns.
Feitosa RM +38 more
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Taxonomic and Functional Ant Diversity Along tropical, Subtropical, and Subalpine Elevational Transects in Southwest China. [PDF]
Insects, 2019 Although elevational gradients of biodiversity have long been the topic of scientific research, information on patterns of, and processes that shape insect community structure across elevation is still lacking.
Fontanilla AM +6 more
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Ant Diversity and Stratification in an Amazonian Rainforest. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study focuses on species occupying the three strata of an Amazonian rainforest: the ground and leaf litter, the understorey and the canopy. We employed only two sampling techniques: Winkler extraction for ground‐dwelling ants and direct observations
Delabie JHC +6 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 The decomposition of beta-diversity (β-diversity) into its replacement (βrepl) and richness (βrich) components in combination with a taxonomic and functional approach, may help to identify processes driving community composition along environmental ...
Clara Frasconi Wendt +6 more
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Climate and ant diversity explain the global distribution of ant‐plant mutualisms
Ecography, 2023 Biotic interactions play an important role in shaping species geographic distributions and diversity patterns. However, the role of mutualistic interactions in shaping global plant diversity patterns remains poorly understood, particularly with respect to interactions with invertebrates.
Yangqing Luo +7 more
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Mind the gap! Integrating taxonomic approaches to assess ant diversity at the southern extreme of the Atlantic Forest. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2017 Understanding patterns of species diversity relies on accurate taxonomy which can only be achieved by long‐term natural history research and the use of complementary information to establish species boundaries among cryptic taxa. We used DNA barcoding to
Hanisch PE +6 more
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Temporal patterns of ant diversity across a mountain with climatically contrasting aspects in the tropics of Africa. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 Factors that drive species richness over space and time are still poorly understood and are often context specific. Identifying these drivers for ant diversity has become particularly relevant within the context of contemporary global change events.
Munyai TC, Foord SH.
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Impact of Biogenic Structures of the Soil-Nesting Ants Lasius niger and Lasius flavus on the Soil Microarthropod Community in Urban Green Spaces [PDF]
InsectsOrganisms that physically modify their environment, known as ecosystem engineers, can influence resource availability, species interactions and the structure of soil communities.
Maria Sterzyńska +5 more
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Ant colonies promote the diversity of soil microbial communities [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2019 Abstract Little is known about the role of ant colonies in regulating the distribution and diversity of soil microbial communities across large spatial scales. Here, we conducted a survey across >1000 km in eastern Australia and found that, compared with surrounding bare soils, ant colonies promoted the richness (number of ...
Delgado Baquerizo, Manuel +3 more
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The effects of anthropogenic disturbance and seasonality on the ant communities of Lang Tengah Island [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Anthropogenic disturbances and seasonal changes significantly impact diversity and community composition of ants, but their effects are often intertwined.
Sze Huei Yek +3 more
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