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View article: Collaborative research networks as a strategy to synthesize knowledge of Amazonian biodiversity
Collaborative research networks as a strategy to synthesize knowledge of Amazonian biodiversity Open
The Amazon region is critical for maintaining global biodiversity and mitigating climate change; however, it faces escalating threats from deforestation and habitat degradation. Addressing these threats requires evidence-based strategies g…
View article: Forest Cover and Geographic Distance Shape Ant Assemblages in the Southwestern Brazilian Amazon
Forest Cover and Geographic Distance Shape Ant Assemblages in the Southwestern Brazilian Amazon Open
Understanding the drivers affecting species richness and composition in local communities is crucial for discerning differences among communities in a specific region. In large regions, a variety of environmental conditions shape diversity…
View article: Effect of bamboo dominance on leaf-litter ant assemblages in the southwestern Amazon Forest
Effect of bamboo dominance on leaf-litter ant assemblages in the southwestern Amazon Forest Open
Bamboo density is a primary driver of changes in vegetation structure in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon, also affecting the forest litter, of which a significant and diverse component is ants. Here, we investigated the impact of bamboo …
View article: Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research
Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research Open
In the original version of the article, the authors incorrectly stated the value of current and projected deforestation in the results: the values should be 23.50% and 27.29%, respectively. This error does not impact the results or conclus…
View article: Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research
Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research Open
View article: News on the enigmatic ant genus Anillidris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae: Leptomyrmecini)
News on the enigmatic ant genus Anillidris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae: Leptomyrmecini) Open
View article: Describing complex interactions of social-ecological systems for tipping point assessments: an analytical framework
Describing complex interactions of social-ecological systems for tipping point assessments: an analytical framework Open
Humans play an interconnecting role in social-ecological systems (SES), they are part of these systems and act as agents of their destruction and regulation. This study aims to provide an analytical framework, which combines the concept of…
View article: Ant habitat-use guilds response to forest-pasture shifting in southwestern Amazon
Ant habitat-use guilds response to forest-pasture shifting in southwestern Amazon Open
Ant assemblages have been used as bioindicators of the response of biodiversity to different types of anthropogenic disturbances. However, usual diversity metrics (e.g., ant species richness and composition) sometimes seem fair limited to …
View article: Nesting stratum and habitat affinity matter in ant assemblage response to forest-pasture shifting
Nesting stratum and habitat affinity matter in ant assemblage response to forest-pasture shifting Open
Ants have been extensively used as bioindicators, however ants from different nest stratum and habitat affinity groups could distinctly respond to a same ecological process and environmental impact. In this study, we evaluated if nest stra…
View article: From species descriptions to diversity patterns: the validation of taxonomic data as a keystone for ant diversity studies reproducibility and accuracy
From species descriptions to diversity patterns: the validation of taxonomic data as a keystone for ant diversity studies reproducibility and accuracy Open
Research findings in natural sciences need to be comparable and reproducible to effectively improve our understanding of ecological and behavioural patterns. In this sense, knowledge frontiers in biodiversity studies are directly tied to t…
View article: Testing the context dependence of ant nutrient preference across habitat strata and trophic levels in <scp>N</scp>eotropical biomes
Testing the context dependence of ant nutrient preference across habitat strata and trophic levels in <span>N</span>eotropical biomes Open
Animals are integrated into the wider ecosystem via their foraging and behavior. The compensation hypothesis predicts that animals target their foraging efforts (i) toward nutrients that are scarce in the environment and (ii) toward nutrie…
View article: Land use change effects on ant diversity in Neotropics.xlsx
Land use change effects on ant diversity in Neotropics.xlsx Open
Data collectionWe followed the PRISMA-EcoEvo methodology (O'Dea et al., 2021). First, we conducted a search for studies on the effects of land use change on ants in Brazil using the Ants of Brazil Project database (Feitosa et al., 2…
View article: Supplementary tables from From species descriptions to diversity patterns: the validation of taxonomic data as a keystone for ant diversity studies reproducibility and accuracy
Supplementary tables from From species descriptions to diversity patterns: the validation of taxonomic data as a keystone for ant diversity studies reproducibility and accuracy Open
List of studies retrieved from online repositories and taxonomic descriptors extracted from each study.
View article: Ant taxonomic and functional beta-diversity respond differently to changes in forest cover and spatial distance
Ant taxonomic and functional beta-diversity respond differently to changes in forest cover and spatial distance Open
Habitat change affects both taxonomic and functional biodiversity, and beta-diversity is often used as a metric to describe these changes. Furthermore, spatially closer communities tend to have more similar species compositions (lower beta…
View article: Primary modes of tree mortality in southwestern Amazon forests
Primary modes of tree mortality in southwestern Amazon forests Open
View article: Data from Queiroz et al.xlsx
Data from Queiroz et al.xlsx Open
Data from Queiroz et al Abstract Tropical studies present seasonal variation of insect richness, density, and changes in species composition. However, responses of assemblages to climate change associated with seasons may not follow the sa…
View article: Data from Queiroz et al Ant diversity decreases during the dry season: a meta-analysis of the effects of seasonality on ant richness and abundance.xlsx
Data from Queiroz et al Ant diversity decreases during the dry season: a meta-analysis of the effects of seasonality on ant richness and abundance.xlsx Open
Data from Queiroz et al 2022 Biotropica Ant diversity decreases during the dry season: a meta-analysis of the effects of seasonality on ant richness and abundance Abstract Tropical studies traditionally describe insect div…
View article: Data from Queiroz et al Ant diversity in tropical biomes can be reduced by half during dry seasons: a meta-analysis investigating the effect of seasonality on ants.xlsx
Data from Queiroz et al Ant diversity in tropical biomes can be reduced by half during dry seasons: a meta-analysis investigating the effect of seasonality on ants.xlsx Open
Data from Queiroz et al Ant diversity in tropical biomes can be reduced by half during dry seasons: a meta-analysis investigating the effect of seasonality on ants Abstract Tropical studies present seasonal variation of in…
View article: Ants of Brazil: an overview based on 50 years of diversity studies
Ants of Brazil: an overview based on 50 years of diversity studies Open
Despite the historical efforts to list and organize the taxonomic knowledge about the Brazilian ant fauna, the most diverse in the world, several gaps regarding species distribution data and sampling coverage persist. In an attempt to fill…
View article: Data from Queiroz et al Reduction in ant diversity during the dry season: a meta-analysis of the effects of seasonality on ant richness and abundance.xlsx
Data from Queiroz et al Reduction in ant diversity during the dry season: a meta-analysis of the effects of seasonality on ant richness and abundance.xlsx Open
Data from Queiroz et al Reduction in ant diversity during the dry season: a meta-analysis of the effects of seasonality on ant richness and abundance Abstract Tropical studies present seasonal variation of insect richness,…
View article: Ant diversity studies in Acre: what we know and what we could do to know more?
Ant diversity studies in Acre: what we know and what we could do to know more? Open
Brazil counts with one the largest ant diversity in the world. But, given its continental dimension and uneven scientific development process, there are still several gaps in the knowledge of this biodiversity. This fully applies to resear…
View article: Mechanisms of species coexistence and functional diversity of ant assemblages in forest and pasture habitats in southwestern Brazilian Amazon
Mechanisms of species coexistence and functional diversity of ant assemblages in forest and pasture habitats in southwestern Brazilian Amazon Open
In this study, we investigated the mechanisms behind species coexistence and the relationships between functional diversity and species richness in ant assemblages in both forest and pasture habitats in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon. W…
View article: Aligning conservation and development goals with rural community priorities: capacity building for forest health monitoring in an extractive reserve in Brazil
Aligning conservation and development goals with rural community priorities: capacity building for forest health monitoring in an extractive reserve in Brazil Open
Rural communities are important stewards of forests that provide valuable ecological services. This makes them vital allies to outside organizations seeking to support conservation and development initiatives. However, rural communities al…
View article: Similar alpha and beta diversity changes in tropical ant communities, comparing savannas and rainforests in Brazil and Indonesia
Similar alpha and beta diversity changes in tropical ant communities, comparing savannas and rainforests in Brazil and Indonesia Open
Local biodiversity can be expected to be similar worldwide if environmental conditions are similar. Here, we hypothesize that tropical ant communities with different types of regional species pools but at similar habitat types in Brazil an…