Search Results - "Sobrinho, Tathiana"
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Similar alpha and beta diversity changes in tropical ant communities, comparing savannas and rainforests in Brazil and Indonesia
Published in Oecologia (01-11-2017)“…Local biodiversity can be expected to be similar worldwide if environmental conditions are similar. Here, we hypothesize that tropical ant communities with…”
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Different trophic groups of arboreal ants show differential responses to resource supplementation in a neotropical savanna
Published in Oecologia (01-06-2019)“…Resource-ratio theory predicts that consumers should achieve optimal ratios of complementary nutrients. Accordingly, different trophic groups are expected to…”
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Agroforestry coffee soils increase the insect‐suppressive potential offered by entomopathogenic fungi over full‐sun soils: A case proposing a “bait survival technique”
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-09-2019)“…Entomopathogenic fungi are important natural enemies of insects. However, there is little information on the insect‐suppressive potential of these fungi and…”
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Extrafloral nectaries of an Atlantic Forest conservation area in Southeastern Brazil
Published in Acta Botânica Brasílica (01-01-2022)“…ABSTRACT Although extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) are reported as extremely important to understand ecological interactions, the diversity of EFN-bearing plants…”
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A Day in the Life of the Giant Ant Dinoponera lucida Emery, 1901 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): Records of Activities and Intraspecific Interactions
Published in Sociobiology (Chico, CA) (01-06-2021)“…Ants present a wide variety of nesting sites, feeding habits, and trophic interactions, but the biology of most species remains unknown. Dinoponera lucida is a…”
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Why does Atta robusta (Formicidae) not change soil features around their nests as other leaf-cutting ants do?
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-02-2013)“…Based on recent papers studying the effect of leaf-cutting ants on soils, we hypothesized that Atta robusta nests modify chemical properties in oligotrophic…”
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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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Area size mediates the role of arthropods on ecosystem functioning
Published in Austral ecology (01-09-2016)“…Several impacts arising from anthropogenic activities hinder ecosystem properties, but the effects of habitat area size on ecosystem functioning remain little…”
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Ecosystem functions of ants and dung beetles in agriculture‐dominated Amazonian riparian forests
Published in Ecological entomology (01-08-2024)“…Land‐use changes and habitat fragmentation can alter biodiversity and associated ecosystem functions. We investigated whether cropland expansion in south‐east…”
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Under the sun or stars: how a dune ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) community is shaped along the day and night
Published in Austral entomology (01-05-2023)“…Atlantic Forest (AF) is a threatened megadiverse biome distributed from north to south along the ocean of South America and is considered a hotspot of…”
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Litter Surface Temperature: A Driving Factor Affecting Foraging Activity in Dinoponera lucida (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Published in Sociobiology (Chico, CA) (17-03-2021)“…Dinoponera lucida is a poneromorph ant endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. The species is classified as endangered in Brazil’s Red List due to its…”
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How does small-scale fragmentation affect litter-dwelling ants? The role of isolation
Published in Biodiversity and conservation (01-11-2012)“…Remnant isolation following fragmentation is considered to be one of the main drivers of ecological decline in modified landscapes. Thereby, connecting…”
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Should we use proportional sampling for species-area studies?
Published in Journal of biogeography (01-08-2004)“…Aim In this paper we aim to show that proportional sampling can detect species-area relationships (SARs) more effectively than uniform sampling. We tested the…”
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The Influence of Extrafloral Nectaries on Arboreal Ant Species Richness in Tree Communities
Published in Sociobiology (Chico, CA) (01-06-2018)“…Studies investigating the role of resource availability in the species richness patterns can elucidate ecological processes and contribute to conservation…”
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Colonization and extinction of ant communities in a fragmented landscape
Published in Austral ecology (01-08-2004)“…In this paper we tested the assumption that smaller and more isolated remnants receive fewer ant colonizers and lose more species. We also tested hypotheses to…”
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A systematic review of the land use change effects on ant diversity in Neotropics
Published in Biological conservation (01-11-2024)“…Land use changes represent one of the leading causes of terrestrial biodiversity loss, particularly in tropical ecosystems. In Brazil, a country that…”
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Ant diversity decreases during the dry season: A meta‐analysis of the effects of seasonality on ant richness and abundance
Published in Biotropica (01-01-2023)“…Tropical studies traditionally describe insect diversity variation throughout the year. The temporally structured responses of insect assemblages to climate…”
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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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Oviposição de Diaphania hyalinata L. (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) afetada pela face foliar e tricomas
Published in Acta scientiarum. Biological sciences (01-05-2008)“…Este trabalho teve por objetivo estudar os efeitos das faces foliares e dos tricomas em folhas de abóbora (Curcubita pepo) sobre a oviposição de D. hyalinata…”
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