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    ATLANTIC ANTS: a data set of ants in Atlantic Forests of South America
    Wiley ; 2022
    In:  Ecology Vol. 103, No. 2 ( 2022-02)
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    In: Ecology, Wiley, Vol. 103, No. 2 ( 2022-02)
    Abstract: Ants, an ecologically successful and numerically dominant group of animals, play key ecological roles as soil engineers, predators, nutrient recyclers, and regulators of plant growth and reproduction in most terrestrial ecosystems. Further, ants are widely used as bioindicators of the ecological impact of land use. We gathered information of ant species in the Atlantic Forest of South America. The ATLANTIC ANTS data set, which is part of the ATLANTIC SERIES data papers, is a compilation of ant records from collections (18,713 records), unpublished data (29,651 records), and published sources (106,910 records; 1,059 references), including papers, theses, dissertations, and book chapters published from 1886 to 2020. In total, the data set contains 153,818 ant records from 7,636 study locations in the Atlantic Forest, representing 10 subfamilies, 99 genera, 1,114 ant species identified with updated taxonomic certainty, and 2,235 morphospecies codes. Our data set reflects the heterogeneity in ant records, which include ants sampled at the beginning of the taxonomic history of myrmecology (the 19th and 20th centuries) and more recent ant surveys designed to address specific questions in ecology and biology. The data set can be used by researchers to develop strategies to deal with different macroecological and region‐wide questions, focusing on assemblages, species occurrences, and distribution patterns. Furthermore, the data can be used to assess the consequences of changes in land use in the Atlantic Forest on different ecological processes. No copyright restrictions apply to the use of this data set, but we request that authors cite this data paper when using these data in publications or teaching events.
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    ISSN: 0012-9658 , 1939-9170
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    DOI: 10.1002/ecy.v103.2
    DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3580
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    Publication Date: 2022
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    Ant diversity decreases during the dry season: A meta‐analysis of the effects of seasonality on ant richness and abundance
    Wiley ; 2023
    In:  Biotropica Vol. 55, No. 1 ( 2023-01), p. 29-39
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    In: Biotropica, Wiley, Vol. 55, No. 1 ( 2023-01), p. 29-39
    Abstract: Estudos nos Trópicos, tradicionalmente, descrevem a variação na diversidade de insetos ao longo do ano. As respostas temporais das assembleias de insetos a sazonalidade climática variam nos ecossistemas devido a gradientes de disponibilidade de recursos e fatores ecológicos limitantes. Essas respostas podem ocorrer por toda a vasta extensão geográfica do território brasileiro, incluindo vários ambientes que abrigam uma das mais diversas faunas de formigas do mundo. Este estudo abordou a relação entre diversidade de formigas e a sazonalidade climática, através de uma revisão quantitativa dos dados publicados sobre diversidade de formigas coletados no Brasil. Investigamos o efeito da sazonalidade na abundância e na riqueza de formigas descrito na literatura e obtivemos 47 trabalhos publicados entre 2000 e 2018. Esses estudos foram desenvolvidos principalmente no bioma Mata Atlântica, coletaram formigas com armadilhas Pitfall e no estrato solo/serrapilheira. Inicialmente, realizamos o procedimento de contagem de votos comparando o número de resultados significativos que descrevem diferenças sazonais na assembleia de formigas. Encontramos a maioria dos artigos descrevendo um padrão semelhante de abundância, riqueza e composição de espécies de formigas entre as estações. No entanto, quando realizamos uma meta‐análise, observamos um padrão claro de maior abundância e riqueza de formigas na estação chuvosa/verão em comparação com a estação seca/inverno. Nossa meta‐análise revela que a diversidade de formigas diminui na estação seca, especialmente no bioma Cerrado. Adicionalmente, apontamos diferenças no esforço amostral entre biomas, indicando a necessidade de mais estudos focados em padrões de diversidade temporal, incluindo efeitos sazonais, na assembleia de insetos em biomas com menor concentração de estudos.
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    ISSN: 0006-3606 , 1744-7429
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    DOI: 10.1111/btp.v55.1
    DOI: 10.1111/btp.13158
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    Publication Date: 2023
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    A global database of ant species abundances
    Wiley ; 2017
    In:  Ecology Vol. 98, No. 3 ( 2017-03), p. 883-884
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    In: Ecology, Wiley, Vol. 98, No. 3 ( 2017-03), p. 883-884
    Abstract: What forces structure ecological assemblages? A key limitation to general insights about assemblage structure is the availability of data that are collected at a small spatial grain (local assemblages) and a large spatial extent (global coverage). Here, we present published and unpublished data from 51 ,388 ant abundance and occurrence records of more than 2,693 species and 7,953 morphospecies from local assemblages collected at 4,212 locations around the world. Ants were selected because they are diverse and abundant globally, comprise a large fraction of animal biomass in most terrestrial communities, and are key contributors to a range of ecosystem functions. Data were collected between 1949 and 2014, and include, for each geo‐referenced sampling site, both the identity of the ants collected and details of sampling design, habitat type, and degree of disturbance. The aim of compiling this data set was to provide comprehensive species abundance data in order to test relationships between assemblage structure and environmental and biogeographic factors. Data were collected using a variety of standardized methods, such as pitfall and Winkler traps, and will be valuable for studies investigating large‐scale forces structuring local assemblages. Understanding such relationships is particularly critical under current rates of global change. We encourage authors holding additional data on systematically collected ant assemblages, especially those in dry and cold, and remote areas, to contact us and contribute their data to this growing data set.
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    ISSN: 0012-9658 , 1939-9170
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    DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2017.98.issue-3
    DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1682
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    Publication Date: 2017
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    Sampling local ant diversities and the importance of trait analyses
    Wiley ; 2023
    In:  Biotropica Vol. 55, No. 5 ( 2023-09), p. 944-953
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    In: Biotropica, Wiley, Vol. 55, No. 5 ( 2023-09), p. 944-953
    Abstract: Las hormigas son un grupo increíblemente diverso y ubicuos de invertebrados en la mayoría de los ecosistemas terrestres. Aunque extensivamente muestreadas, la mayoría de los inventarios de hormigas no evalúan el efecto de las diferentes técnicas de muestreo en la captura de métricas no tradicionales de diversidad. Nuestro objetivo fue cuantificar la diversidad taxonómica (TD) y funcional (FD) para un conjunto local de hormigas, integrando métricas y evaluando la complementariedad de trampas de caída (pitfalls) y extractores Winkler para la mirmecofauna de hojarasca vs. epigea. Determinamos el efecto de las técnicas de muestreo sobre la composición funcional (promedio ponderado por la comunidad de 11 rasgos morfológicos) y la diversidad funcional (morfoespacio multivariado medido con tres métricas). La comunidad local en un fragmento de Bosque Atlántico fue muestreada utilizando trampas de caída de una semana y muestras de hojarasca de 1 m 2 sometidas a extractores Winkler. Cuantificamos la contribución de la técnica en capturar exclusivamente el morfoespacio de las hormigas aplicando un nuevo índice ( PWindex ). La TD fue similar, pero FD se vio significativamente afectada por la técnica de muestreo. Al controlar los efectos de TD, la comunidad recolectada por cada técnica se estructuró de manera diferente. Una mayor TD no se traduce en un morfoespacio más amplio para Winklers. Las trampas recuperaron ensamblajes más funcionalmente dispersos. Pitfalls y Winklers se superpusieron en el muestreo de la comunidad como un todo, pero cada método de muestreo aportó un espectro único al morfoespacio de hormigas. Nuestros resultados sugieren la importancia de incorporar métricas de FD en los inventarios locales de hormigas y la importancia de las técnicas de muestreo al medir la magnitud de FD y la estructura de la comunidad. Nuestro PWindex ilumina aún más los efectos de muestreo para los ensambles de hormigas.
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    ISSN: 0006-3606 , 1744-7429
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    DOI: 10.1111/btp.v55.5
    DOI: 10.1111/btp.13244
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    Publication Date: 2023
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    The potential of arboreal pitfall traps for sampling nontargeted bee and wasp pollinators
    Wiley ; 2022
    In:  Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata Vol. 170, No. 10 ( 2022-10), p. 902-913
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    In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Wiley, Vol. 170, No. 10 ( 2022-10), p. 902-913
    Abstract: Insect pollinators, including bees and wasps, are facing a marked decline in their native populations, caused mainly by human activities, such as forest fragmentation, urbanization, and the use of agrochemicals. To help mitigate the rapid decline of pollinators, new efforts towards understanding basic and applied aspects of these organisms are necessary. Among these efforts, there is a focus on increasing the sampling efficiency, including a broader range of targeted groups and collection methods. Although each method has its advantages and disadvantages, the pollinators' crisis calls for alternative methods to analyze bee and wasp diversity and population dynamics. Here, we assess the potential role of incidental captures of bees and wasps by a method widely used to collect ants but not targeted for bees: arboreal pitfall traps. We compared the sampling efficiency of human urine‐baited arboreal pitfall traps and two traditional methods for bee sampling: pan traps and scent traps. Arboreal pitfalls collected a high diversity of bees and sphecoid wasps, and when compared with pan traps and scent traps, they had the highest species richness and the second‐highest abundance. Although the three trapping methods shared most species, each method collected particular groups of species, and there were indicator species for each trapping method. When used in pairs with pan traps, arboreal pitfalls collected a higher species diversity than pan traps paired with scent traps. In addition, each trapping method responded differently to seasonal variation, and although arboreal pitfalls had lower diversity during the rainy season, scent traps detected differences only in species abundance, and pan traps detected no differences at all. Our study reinforces the importance of complementary methods in sampling bees and wasps and the use of non‐traditional methods to increase the sampling coverage of these insects.
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    ISSN: 0013-8703 , 1570-7458
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    DOI: 10.1111/eea.v170.10
    DOI: 10.1111/eea.13218
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    Publication Date: 2022
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    Diversity of ground-dwelling ants in sugarcane plantations under different management systems
    Cambridge University Press (CUP) ; 2022
    In:  Journal of Tropical Ecology Vol. 38, No. 4 ( 2022-07), p. 165-170
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    In: Journal of Tropical Ecology, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 38, No. 4 ( 2022-07), p. 165-170
    Abstract: In this study, we compared the richness of ground-dwelling ants among three different sugarcane management systems (with the application of the insecticide fipronil and the addition of vinasse; with fipronil and no vinasse; and with vinasse and no fipronil, i.e., an organic production system) to evaluate whether the feeding/foraging types vary according to the management system. We tested the hypothesis that organic management increases species diversity because there is no use of chemical inputs. Estimated species richness was significantly higher in the organic management system than in the systems that used fipronil with vinasse. Generalists species were prevalent in all sugarcane fields, regardless of the production system, whereas predatory and fungivorous species were infrequent. However, the organically managed field had many predatory species. Our results suggest that fipronil with vinasse in sugarcane cultivation alters the ant community, possibly disrupting the functions performed by the edaphic fauna, such as control of arthropod crop pests, due to reduced predator species richness.
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    ISSN: 0266-4674 , 1469-7831
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    DOI: 10.1017/S0266467421000481
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    Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Co‐occurrence patterns and morphological similarity of semiaquatic insects (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha) in streams of Eastern Amazonia
    Wiley ; 2020
    In:  Ecological Entomology Vol. 45, No. 1 ( 2020-02), p. 155-166
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    In: Ecological Entomology, Wiley, Vol. 45, No. 1 ( 2020-02), p. 155-166
    Abstract: 1. To understand how the semiaquatic bug communities are shaped, it was first verified whether there was a pattern of co‐occurrence between species. It was subsequently tested whether the pattern found was related to environmental variables. Lastly, it was verified whether morphological divergence between species was present in the morphological and functional traits selected. 2. A pattern of species co‐occurrence was found in the studied assemblage, related to both environmental variables and interspecific biological interactions. Pairs of species with negative, positive, and random co‐occurrence were found. Traits related to predation competition, sexual competition, and interaction with the environment showed significant morphological divergence. 3. Therefore, more than one process defines species co‐occurrence patterns in semiaquatic bug communities. It is suggested that environmental influence is related to species microhabitat preference. On the other hand, the morphological divergence found is related to competition and sharing of food resources.
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    ISSN: 0307-6946 , 1365-2311
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    DOI: 10.1111/een.v45.1
    DOI: 10.1111/een.12785
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    Publisher: Wiley
    Publication Date: 2020
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    Latitudinal Variation in Termite Species Richness and Abundance along the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot
    Wiley ; 2014
    In:  Biotropica Vol. 46, No. 4 ( 2014-07), p. 441-450
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    In: Biotropica, Wiley, Vol. 46, No. 4 ( 2014-07), p. 441-450
    Abstract: No presente estudo, investigamos os cupins da Mata Atlântica, um dos mais ameaçados hotspots de biodiversidade do mundo, em localidades regularmente espaçadas de 7° S a 27° S de latitude. Até onde sabemos, este é o único trabalho de levantamento de térmitas em nível de espécie num gradiente latitudinal realizado a partir de um protocolo padronizado. Avaliamos a diversidade e abundância de cupins e descrevemos padrões de composição de espécies baseados em grupos tróficos ao longo de um gradiente latitudinal. Descrevemos ainda a contribuição relativa de cada variável ambiental para explicar os padrões de diversidade. As taxocenoses foram investigadas através de coletas padronizadas em 15 localidades de Mata Atlântica, sendo que em cada uma, seis transectos eram marcados, cada um subdividido em cinco seções de 10 m², completando 30 seções por sítio (ou 300 m²/sítio), os quais eram investigados por um coletor treinado durante uma hora. A riqueza e abundância observadas foram negativamente correlacionadas com a latitude. A influência da latitude foi explicada principalmente pelas variáveis relacionadas à temperatura, precipitação e energia do ambiente (evapotranspiração potencial). Nossos resultados sugerem que temperatura tem um efeito maior que produtividade para os cupins na Mata Atlântica, uma vez que a produtividade do ambiente aumenta com a latitude, enquanto a diversidade dos térmitas decresce. A riqueza de cupins na Mata Atlântica mostra um padrão diferente daquele de outros organismos, aumentando em diversidade onde a floresta costeira se estreita. Além do mais, nossos resultados indicam uma riqueza de térmitas comparativamente alta nas localidades do nordeste e um empobrecimento significativo das taxocenoses nas regiões sudeste e sul da Mata Atlântica.
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    ISSN: 0006-3606 , 1744-7429
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    DOI: 10.1111/btp.2014.46.issue-4
    DOI: 10.1111/btp.12120
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    Publication Date: 2014
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    NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics
    Wiley ; 2020
    In:  Ecology Vol. 101, No. 11 ( 2020-11)
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    In: Ecology, Wiley, Vol. 101, No. 11 ( 2020-11)
    Abstract: Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal‐central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus , Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. ( n = 37,782), Sus scrofa ( n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris ( n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., S yncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans ). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set ( n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata , and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation‐related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data.
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    ISSN: 0012-9658 , 1939-9170
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    DOI: 10.1002/ecy.v101.11
    DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3115
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    Publication Date: 2020
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    NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics
    Wiley ; 2020
    In:  Ecology Vol. 101, No. 11 ( 2020-11)
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    In: Ecology, Wiley, Vol. 101, No. 11 ( 2020-11)
    Abstract: Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non‐detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non‐governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer‐reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non‐detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio‐temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large‐scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data.
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    DOI: 10.1002/ecy.v101.11
    DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3128
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