[PDF] Top 20 Occurrence of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in both Leaf Litter and Twigs in Atlantic Forest

... Twigs in the litter derived from the fragmentation of tree branches form one microhabitat, where entire colonies of ants, both leaf litter and ... See full document

... The occurrence of rare species of ants in the LG, for example, Stegomyrmex olindae, so far found only in humid and mature forests [56], Cryptomyrmex longinodus (first ... See full document

... with both techniques, and this result is probably related to the high richness and abundance of this group in the leaf litter fauna of the Neotropics (Silva ... See full document

... owned and managed by Naturaleza y Conservacion Internacional, an NGO based in Loja, Ecuador and is part of a regional system of sites for long-term environmental monitoring (Bendix et ... See full document

... occurs in a wide range of habitats from primary forests to plantations and has been repeatedly suggested to benefit from the dramatic increase of human- induced disturbances (Vasconcelos 1990, ... See full document

... Leaf-cutting ants of the genus Atta are considered one of the main forest and agricultural ...adoption of management it can harm non-target organisms and the ...for ... See full document

... complexity of the environment. Ants are thus an ecologically important group due to their potential to serve as indicators of environmental ...objective of this study was to evaluate ant ... See full document

... ponerine ants are ecologically crucial, since they prey on various kinds of invertebrates and nest or forage in leaf-litter, rotten logs or ...These ants are com- mon ... See full document

... sity and storage time) were detected in adults and pupae of both species (Figure ...The occurrence of three pheno- types, two with a principal band only and a third ... See full document

... records of Fulakora agostii in Colombia expands its distribution from Brazil to almost 4500 km north-west of South ...records of Fulakora agostii come from the Brazilian Atlantic ... See full document

... number of colonies with and without winged, as well as the number of winged over a ...year. In total, we collected 1,521 twigs with colonies belonging to 92 species of ...rate ... See full document

... difference in species composition between the epigeic and hypogeic strata of the four sampling sites indicates a strong stratification of the ant ...Partitioning of ant assemblages into ... See full document

... use twigs from fragments of tree branches as a nesting ...gatherings of ants in twigs of Albizia niopoides, a Fabaceae native to the Atlantic Forest that is ... See full document

... the leaf litter harbors a number of resources for ant nesting (Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990), including twigs derived from fallen tree ...presence of workers, reproductives and ... See full document

... periphery and urban center, during the rainy season (August to October) of ...capture ants, in each site eight pitfall traps, with for different baiting treatments were installed along a 100- ... See full document

... O presente estudo foi realizado com o objetivo de estimar perdas de produção de madeira de eucalipto causadas por Atta spp. (ymenoptera: Formicidae em diferentes sítios de produtividade lorestal, em região de Mata ... See full document

... Delabie and Dr. Adelmar G. Bandeira for helpful comments and suggestions on the manuscript, ...Simone and Alexandre B. Bonaldo for identifying molluscs and spiders, respectively; Lemuel ... See full document

... model of functional groups of ants, in accordance with the response to stress and disturbance proposed by Andersen (1995, 1997, 2000), eight functional groups were recorded in ... See full document

... use of fungi as a source of enzymes has become widespread in various industrial and commercial areas, and Aspergillus section Nigri has significant potential for producing ...aim ... See full document

... placed in plastic pots covered with perforated lids and with a wet cotton swab on top of the ...immersed in a 1:1 honey-water solution was followed with the purpose of evaluating ... See full document