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Ants sow the seeds of global diversification in flowering plants [PDF]

, 2009
Background: The extraordinary diversification of angiosperm plants in the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods has produced an estimated 250,000–300,000 living angiosperm species and has fundamentally altered terrestrial ecosystems.
Majer, Jonathan, Latimer, A., Majer, Jonathan D., Latimer, Andrew M, Gove, Aaron, Jonathan D Majer, Aaron D Gove, Gove, Aaron D., Dunn, Robert, Majer, Jonathan D, Latimer, A. M., Dunn, Robert R., Robert R Dunn, Andrew M Latimer, Szabolcs Lengyel, Latimer, Andrew M., Gove, A. D., Lengyel, S., Gove Aaron D., Lengyel Szabolcs, Majer Jonathan D., Dunn Robert R., Lengyel, Szabolcs, Gove, Aaron D, Forgó, Sándor, Latimer Andrew M., Dunn, Robert R   +26 more
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Do bromeliads affect the arboreal ant communities on orange trees in northwestern Costa Rica?

PLoS ONE, 2022
Ants often interact with other invertebrates as predators or mutualists. Epiphytic bromeliads provide nesting sites for ants, and could increase ant abundances in the tree canopy.
Beatrice Rost-Komiya, M Alex Smith, Pierre Rogy, Diane S Srivastava   +3 more
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Dry habitats were crucibles of domestication in the evolution of agriculture in ants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2017
The evolution of ant agriculture, as practised by the fungus-farming ‘attine’ ants, is thought to have arisen in the wet rainforests of South America about 55–65 Ma.
M. Branstetter, A. Ješovnik, J. Sosa‐Calvo, Michael W. Lloyd, B. Faircloth, Seán G. Brady, T. Schultz   +6 more
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Analysis of environmental indicators assessing industrial symbiosis and urban symbiosis for an improved indicator selection process: A scoping review

Cleaner Environmental Systems
Through innovative exchange of resources, industrial symbiosis can contribute to the circular economy and decrease environmental impacts. Similarly, urban symbiosis focuses on synergies involving cities.
Benedikt Verkic, Lieve Göbbels, Kathrin Greiff   +2 more
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Urban tropical forest islets as hotspots of ants in general and invasive ants in particular

Scientific Reports, 2022
Urbanization is a crucial driver of environmental and biodiversity change. It is suggested that urbanization favours generalist and invasive species and might harm specialists of natural and semi-natural habitats.
T. P. Rajesh, K. Manoj, U. Prashanth Ballullaya, V. K. Shibil, G. Asha, Sangeetha Varma, Prabitha Mohan, Palatty Allesh Sinu   +7 more
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Impacts of Clear Cutting on Diversity of Ground Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pine Plantation Forest in Sukabumi Forest Management Unit, West Java

Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 2021
Clear cutting is the main source of timber production of plantation forest management in Indonesia, but this activity disrupts the lives of ground ants.
Ahmad Budiaman, Noor Farikhah Haneda , Adhiguna Indra Nugraha, Frama Haikal   +3 more
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Ants are the major agents of resource removal from tropical rainforests

Journal of Animal Ecology, 2017
Ants are diverse and abundant, especially in tropical ecosystems. They are often cited as the agents of key ecological processes, but their precise contributions compared with other organisms have rarely been quantified.
H. Griffiths, L. Ashton, A. Walker, F. Hasan, T. Evans, P. Eggleton, C. Parr   +6 more
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Characteristics of exotic ants in North America

, 2011
The worldwide transport of species beyond their native range is an increasing problem, e.g. for global biodiversity. Many introduced species are able to establish in new environments and some even become invasive.
Jeschke, Jonathan M., Jonathan Jeschke, Wittenborn,Daniela, Jeschke,Jonathan M., Wittenborn, Daniela, Daniela Wittenborn, Jeschke, Jonathan   +6 more
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Communication in ants [PDF]

Current Biology, 2006
Research shows that ants, and also honeybees and other species of social insects, use several pheromones or other signals in organizing their foraging system. Two important and connected questions, therefore, are to determine why multiple signals are needed and how they work together. Some progress has been made in the honeybee, where four dances and a
Jackson, Duncan E., Ratnieks, Francis L.W.   +1 more
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A decision-support tool for prioritizing environmental actions with complementary circularity insights at company and industrial park levels

Cleaner Environmental Systems
Industrial activities account for 28% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and many operational decisions at company (micro) and industrial park (meso) levels are taken without quantitative ex-ante assessment of their environmental and circularity impacts.
Benedikt Verkic, Annalisa Nolte, Kathrin Greiff, Juliano B. Araujo   +3 more
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