Search Results - "Camacho, Gabriela P"
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Additions to the taxonomy of Gnamptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae) with an updated key to the New World species
Published in Zootaxa (04-03-2020)“…This study aimed to raise and address nomenclatural issues surrounding Neotropical species in the genus Gnamptogenys, in addition to describing new species…”
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Spatial phylogenomics of acrobat ants in Madagascar—Mountains function as cradles for recent diversity and endemism
Published in Journal of biogeography (01-07-2021)“…Aim A crucial step to protecting biodiversity is assessing species diversity and endemism. We delineate spatial patterns of diversity in Malagasy ants on a…”
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Effects of land‐use changes on ecosystem services: decrease in ant predation in human‐dominated landscapes in central Brazil
Published in Entomologia experimentalis et applicata (01-03-2017)“…Anthropogenic disturbances often affect the abundance and diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) but relatively few studies have explored the implications…”
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Exploring gene tree incongruence at the origin of ants and bees (Hymenoptera)
Published in Zoologica scripta (01-03-2019)“…The fact that different phylogenomic data sets can lead to highly supported but inconsistent results suggest that conflict among gene trees in real data sets…”
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Ants of Brazil: an overview based on 50 years of diversity studies
Published in Systematics and biodiversity (31-12-2022)“…Despite the historical efforts to list and organize the taxonomic knowledge about the Brazilian ant fauna, the most diverse in the world, several gaps…”
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Ant–plant interactions: the importance of extrafloral nectaries versus hemipteran honeydew on plant defense against herbivores
Published in Arthropod-plant interactions (01-12-2014)“…The two most important ant–plant attractions are extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) and hemipteran honeydew. In both cases, ants may offer an effective protection…”
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The importance of remnants of natural vegetation for maintaining ant diversity in Brazilian agricultural landscapes
Published in Biodiversity and conservation (01-04-2013)“…Brazil is one of the leading producers of soybeans and other annual crops, and in several regions landowners are required by law to maintain 20 % of their…”
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Evaluating sampling sufficiency and the use of surrogates for assessing ant diversity in a Neotropical biodiversity hotspot
Published in Ecological indicators (01-11-2014)“…•We intensively sampled the ant fauna of five Brazilian savanna sites.•We evaluated how much information was retained by sub-sampling the full data…”
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Variation in the composition and activity of ants on defense of host plant Turnera subulata (Turneraceae): strong response to simulated herbivore attacks and to herbivore’s baits
Published in Arthropod-plant interactions (01-02-2018)“…Plants with extrafloral nectaries attract a variety of ant species, in associations commonly considered mutualistic. However, the results of such interactions…”
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Bazboltonia nom. nov., a replacement name for the preoccupied Neotropical ant genus Boltonia Camacho amp; Feitosa 2022 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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Effects of land‐use changes on ecosystem services: decrease in ant predation in human‐dominated landscapes in central B razil
Published in Entomologia experimentalis et applicata (01-03-2017)“…Anthropogenic disturbances often affect the abundance and diversity of ants ( H ymenoptera: F ormicidae) but relatively few studies have explored the…”
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First record of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Kempfidris Fernández, Feitosa & Lattke, 2014 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Peru
Published in Check list (Luís Felipe Toledo) (23-06-2016)“…The ant genus Kempfidris comprises a single rarely collected species, Kempfidris inusualis (Fernández, 2007). The record presented here represents an extension…”
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From species descriptions to diversity patterns: the validation of taxonomic data as a keystone for ant diversity studies reproducibility and accuracy
Published in Royal Society open science (08-02-2023)“…Research findings in natural sciences need to be comparable and reproducible to effectively improve our understanding of ecological and behavioural patterns…”
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