Influence of insecticide treatment on ant diversity in tropical agroforest system: The case of Cameroonian cocoa farms [PDF]
, 2009 In order to understand the influence of anthropogenic disturbance on ant communities in tropical region; we conducted a study in southern Cameroonian cocoa farm.
Babin, Régis +5 more
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Dynamics of the association between a long-lived understory myrmecophyte and its specific associated ants [PDF]
, 2010 Myrmecophytic symbioses are widespread in tropical ecosystems and their diversity makes them useful tools for understanding the origin and evolution of mutualisms.
Dejean, Alain +7 more
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Diversity and mosaic structure of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) community in traditional cocoa agroforestry systems in southern Cameroon [PDF]
, 2009 In cocoa agrosforestry systems, ants are the major arthropod component of the canopy. Since dominant ant species are usually active predators of insects. Ant community may contribute to protect cocoa against insect pests, and especially from cocoa mirids.
Babin, Régis +5 more
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Specializations of birds that attend army ant raids: an ecological approach to cognitive and behavioral studies. [PDF]
, 2012 Tropical birds forage at army ant raids on several continents. Obligate foraging at army ant raids evolved several times in the Neotropical true antbird family (Thamnophilidae), and recent evidence suggests a diversity of bird species from other families
Clayton, Nicola S +2 more
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Generic Diversity in Phase of Rhythm in Formicine Ants [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1973 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Agronomy, 2022 We aimed at assessing the role of ecological infrastructures (EI) in promoting ant biodiversity in floodplain Mediterranean agricultural crops. We examined and compared ant communities at the interface between EI (remnant vegetation patches) and ...
Vera Zina +6 more
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Memory-based immigrants for ant colony optimization in changing environments [PDF]
, 2011 Copyright @ 2011 SpringerAnt colony optimization (ACO) algorithms have proved that they can adapt to dynamic optimization problems (DOPs) when they are enhanced to maintain diversity.
A.E. Rizzoli +9 more
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Diversity and mosaic structure of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) communities in traditional cocoa agroforestry systems in Southern Cameroon [PDF]
, 2009 In cocoa agroforestry systems, ants are the major arthropod component of the canopy. Since dominant ant species are usually active predators of insects, ant communities may help to protect cocoa against insect pests, and especially from cocoa mirids.
Babin, Régis +5 more
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Soil Rotifers new to Hungary from the floodplain Gemenc (Duna-Dráva National Park, Hungary) [PDF]
, 2013 In summer and autumn 2010, we collected soil samples from the Gemenc floodplain of the Danube (Duna-Dráva National Park) from places with different flood regimes and vegetation cover and examined them for rotifers.
Devetter, Miloslav +1 more
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Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2012 Ant surveys are extensively used to guide conservation decisions and form part of a ‘shopping basket’ of invertebrate taxa proposed for the use in monitoring programmes in South Africa’s national parks.
Colin S. Schoeman, Stefan H. Foord
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