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Ant diversity along a wide rainfall gradient in the Paraguayan dry Chaco by Delsinne, T., Roisin, Y., Herbauts, J., Leponce, M.

“…Aridity is expected to affect ant diversity by limiting the availability of resources and causing physiological distress to the ant populations. Studies…”
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Spatial and temporal foraging overlaps in a Chacoan ground-foraging ant assemblage by Delsinne, T., Roisin, Y., Leponce, M.

“…In arid habitats ant temporal foraging results from a set of trade-offs between species food discovery and food domination ability and between species thermal…”
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Check list of ground-dwelling ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Iguazú National Park with a comparison at regional scale by Hanisch, Priscila Elena, Calcaterra, Luis, Leponce, Maurice, Achury, Rafael, Suarez, Andrew, Silva, Rogerio, Paris, Carolina

“…We describe the ant fauna of Iguazu National Park (INP), a region of high biodiversity and endemism in northeastern Argentina that includes the southernmost…”
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Diversity and nest site selection of social wasps along Guianese forest edges: assessing the influence of arboreal ants by Corbara, Bruno, Carpenter, J M, Céréghino, R, Leponce, M, Gibernau, M, Dejean, Alain

“…We examined 424 nests belonging to 61 wasp species along 5 km of rainforest edges in French Guiana (ca. 15,235 plants monitored), and estimate that we recorded…”
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Spatial structure of litter-dwelling ant distribution in a subtropical dry forest by THEUNIS, L, GILBERT, M, ROISIN, Y, LEPONCE, M

“…Understanding the spatial patterns of species distribution is essential to characterize the structure of communities, to optimize species inventories and to…”
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Distribution and Diversity of the Cryptic Ant Genus Oxyepoecus (Hymenoptera : Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Paraguay with Descriptions of Two New Species by Delsinne, T., Mackay, William P., Wild, A., Roisin, Y., Leponce, M.

“…We discuss the diversity and distribution of the ant genus Oxyepoecus in Paraguay. Oxyepoecus inquilinus is recorded for the first time, and new distribution…”
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The backward jump of a box moss mite by Wauthy, G., Leponce, M., Banaï, N., Sylin, G., Lions, J. C.

“…a box moss mite 800 𝛍m in length, combines the abilities to curl up and to jump. Despite the lack of specialized legs and of extensor muscles in its knee…”
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Intraspecific interactions in a community of arboreal nesting termites (Isoptera: Termitidae) by Leponce, M. (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.), Roisin, Y, Pasteels, J.M

“…In coconut plantations of northern New Guinea, the arboreal nesting termite community comprises three species: Nasutitermes princeps, N. novarumhebridarum, and…”
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Community interactions between ants and arboreal-nesting termites in New Guinea coconut plantations by LEPONCE, M, ROISIN, Y, PASTEELS, J. M

“…We investigated the incidence of inquiline ants and of arboreal-nesting ants on a community of three arboreal-nesting termites living in New Guinea coconut…”
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Structure and dynamics of the arboreal termite community in New Guinean coconut plantations by Leponce, M. (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels,), Roisin, Y, Pasteels, J.M

“…Whereas ant mosaics have been widely recognized and described in tropical ecosystems, data on space partitioning among arboreal termite colonies are…”
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On the Effectiveness of Hand Collection to Complement Baits When Studying Ant Vertical Stratification in Tropical Rainforests by Antoniazzi, Reuber, Ahuatzin, Diana, Pelayo-Martínez, Jaime, Ortiz-Lozada, Liliana, Leponce, Maurice, Dáttilo, Wesley

“…Choosing an appropriate sampling method to study ants is a key factor since distinct sampling methods can capture distinct ant fauna and, therefore, leading to…”
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Contribution of cocoa plantations to the conservation of native ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with a special emphasis on the Atlantic Forest fauna of southern Bahia, Brazil by Delabie, Jacques H. C, Jahyny, Benoît, do Nascimento, Ivan Cardoso, Mariano, Cléa S. F, Lacau, Sébastien, Campiolo, Sofia, Philpott, Stacy M, Leponce, Maurice

“…By maintaining a forest-like structure, shaded cocoa plantations contribute to the conservation of ants that usually live in the soil, leaf litter or canopy of…”
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Characterizing termite assemblages in fragmented forests: A test case in the Argentinian Chaco by Roisin, Y, Leponce, M

“…Termites are major decomposers in tropical ecosystems. To characterize their assemblages in terms of taxonomical and functional composition, Jones and Eggleton…”
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Ontogenetic succession and the ant mosaic: An empirical approach using pioneer trees by Dejean, Alain, Djiéto-Lordon, Champlain, Céréghino, Régis, Leponce, Maurice

“…Arboreal ant mosaics have been intensively investigated, but what generates these mosaics remains poorly understood. In this paper, we hypothesize that the…”
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Scale dependence of diversity measures in a leaf-litter ant assemblage by Leponce, Maurice, Theunis, Laurence, Delabie, Jacques H. C., Roisin, Yves

“…A reliable characterization of community diversity and composition, necessary to allow inter-site comparisons and to monitor changes, is especially difficult…”
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Ontogenetic sucession and the ant mosaic : an empirical approach using pioneer trees by Déjean, A., Djiéto-Lordon, C., Céréghino, R., Leponce, M.

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Vertical partitioning of the termite assemblage in a neotropical rainforest by Roisin, Y., Dejean, A., Orivel, Jérôme, Corbara, B., Samaniego, M., Leponce, M.

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backward jump of a box moss mite by Wauthy, G, Leponce, M, Banai, N, Sylin, G, Lions, J.C

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'Vertition' of integumental organs in mites revisited: a case of fluctuating asymmetry by Leponce, M, Noti, M I, Bauchau, V, Wauthy, G

“…Vertition in mites is defined as a meristic variation for a bilateral integumental organ with a separate genetic control for each body side. A prominent…”
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