Terminal Filament Bundling Underlies the Development of Ovariole Number Dimorphism Between Queen and Worker Ants. [PDF]
Evol DevWe trace the formation of the cell structures known to determine ovariole number in the model insect Drosophila melanogaster, called terminal filaments. By investigating the formation of terminal filaments and ovarioles during queen and worker development in ants, we confirm the existence of terminal filament bundling (white arrows) and show that it ...
Ramsay C, Lasko P, Abouheif E.
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Effect of Time-Since-Fire on Ant Communities in a Semi-Arid Landscape. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe sampled ants from five sites with varying fire histories (3, 5, 9, 26, and 34 years since the last fire). A total of 16,360 ants were collected, and 59 species across 20 genera were identified. Our results indicate that total ant abundance was higher in recently burnt sites and decreased with increasing time‐since‐fire, while ant species richness ...
Fernando NL +3 more
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Corridors increase ant diversity over time [PDF]
Ecology.Abstract Globally, habitat loss and fragmentation pose significant threats to biodiversity. Habitat corridors are often used in fragmented landscapes to reconnect isolated patches. However, understanding how corridors function can be challenging, as their effects may be confounded with simultaneous changes to habitat area, edge amount, and connectivity
Burt M, Whitehead S, Resasco J.
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The Ant Larvae of the Subfamily Myrmicinae [PDF]
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1960 xBio:D Automated ...
Wheeler, G. C., Wheeler, J.
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations. [PDF]
Insect SciThis review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Dejean A +6 more
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Neotropical ants are at greater risk from global warming in savanna than in adjacent forest. [PDF]
EcologyAbstract Determining how the thermal tolerances of species are related to climatic conditions at multiple spatial scales can improve our understanding of species distributions and their vulnerability to climate change. We compare the warming tolerances—a metric of warming vulnerability—of arboreal and ground‐dwelling ants from savanna and adjacent ...
Zuanon LA +3 more
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Multicoloniality in the highly polygynous ant Crematogaster pygmaea (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
European Journal of Entomology, 2012 In social insects, the high variability in the number of queens per colony raises fundamental questions about the evolution of altruism. It is hypothesized, for instance, that nestmate recognition should be less efficient in polygynous than in monogynous
Rachid HAMIDI +5 more
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Ant-aphid interactions in multispecies ant communities: Some ecological and ethological aspects
European Journal of Entomology, 2005 Investigations of the interactions between aphids and ants in multispecies ant communities and an experimental investigation of some ethological aspects of ant-aphid interactions were carried out in mixed forests at Novosibirsk Academic Centre, from 1998-
Tatiana A. NOVGORODOVA
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Aphaenogaster famelica (Smith, 1874) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 Aphaenogaster famelica (Smith, 1874) is a slender ant found in Korea. We have completed the mitochondrial genome of A. famelica of which length is 19,464 bp, the third longest ant mitogenome so far.
Jonghyun Park, Hong Xi, Jongsun Park
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Beyond Species Diversity: Functional Approaches Reveal Consistent Fauna Community Responses to Exotic Grass Invasion in Arid Lands. [PDF]
Ecol EvolTo assess whether the impacts of exotic plant invasion can be generalised across taxa, we developed a conceptual framework predicting faunal responses to grass invasion in open, arid ecosystems and tested our predictions using data on birds, reptiles and ants from sites invaded by buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) and paired uninvaded sites.
Ryan-Colton E +4 more
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