Subterranean Pitfall Traps: Is It Worth Including Them in Your Ant Sampling Protocol? [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 The use of subterranean traps is a relatively novel method to sample ants, and few studies have evaluated its performance relative to other methods. We collected ants in forests, savannas, and crops in central Brazil using subterranean pitfall traps and conventional pitfall traps placed on the soil surface. Sampling duration, soil depth, and sprinkling
Renata Pacheco +2 more
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Dataset of long-term monitoring of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the influence areas of a hydroelectric power plant on the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. [PDF]
Biodivers Data J, 2018 Background Biodiversity loss is accelerating rapidly in response to increasing human influence on the Earth's natural ecosystems. One way to overcome this problem is by focusing on places of human interest and monitoring the changes and impacts on the ...
Fernandes IO, de Souza JLP.
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First survey of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Piauí: filling a major knowledge gap about ant diversity in Brazil [PDF]
, 2020 Piauí, a Brazilian Northeast state, has been considered one of the most important regions for the presence of new taxa in ants globally, especially considering the ecosystems’ diversity formed by the transition of the three biomes in the state, the ...
Feitosa, Rodrigo Machado +1 more
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Species list of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) in the nhecolândia, pantanal, mato grosso do sul, brazil [PDF]
, 2021 This study provides a list of the ground-dwelling ant species in Nhecolândia, Pantanal, Mato Grosso Sul, Brazil. The Pantanal is the largest tropical wetland in the world and is currently under strong anthropic pressure.
Feitosa, Rodrigo Machado +5 more
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Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2013 The present catalogue lists ant (Formicidae) types of the Myrmicinae tribes Dacetini (Acanthognathus and Strumigenys) and Solenopsidini (Allomeurs, Carebarella, Megalomyrmex, Monomorium, Oxyepoecus, Solenopsis, Carebara and Tropidomyrmex) housed in the ...
Mônica Antunes Ulysséa +1 more
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 We describe the use of ants as indicators in Brazil, based on a critical review of published articles. The analysis of fifty‐eight papers, encompassing a range of almost 25 years, indicates an increased number of studies using ants as indicators in the last decade. Among the parameters analyzed in the papers, species composition is the most suitable to
Carla R. Ribas +4 more
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Riqueza da fauna de formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) que habita as camadas superficiais do solo em Seara, Santa Catarina [PDF]
, 2004 Apresentamos, pela primeira vez, dados sobre a riqueza que compõem as comunidades de formigas subterrâneas no Sul do Brasil, comparando os resultados com dados sobre a fauna de formigas de serapilheira na mesma região, a partir de um estudo realizado em ...
Rogério Rosa da Silva +1 more
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Comunidade de formigas em uma área de Floresta Ombrófila Densa na encosta da Serra Geral - Santa Catarina, Sul do Brasil. [PDF]
, 2022 TCC(graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências Biológicas. Biologia.Este estudo descreve a comunidade de formigas em uma área de Floresta Ombrófila Densa (FOD) da Mata Atlântica, na encosta da Serra Geral, localizada na ...
Spaniol, Nayara Luísa
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Mapping continental Ecuadorian ant species [PDF]
, 2015 Ecuador is considered a megadiverse country but information on the distribution and conservation of its ant species is scarce and scattered through the literature.
Donoso, David A +3 more
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Epigaeic ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) communities in urban parks located in Atlantic Forest biome [PDF]
, 2016 Urban parks offer refuge for numerous animal species, and some of these parks represent the remaining fragments of native forests. We evaluate the diversity and composition of epigaeic ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in urban parks located within ...
Débora Souza-Campana +3 more
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