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VERHAAGH, M.; RABELING, C. |
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Ants as soil organisms - methods and results from diversity and ecological studies in the Neotropics. |
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2008 |
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In: INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON SOIL ZOOLOGY, 15; INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON APTERYGOTA, 12., 2008, Curitiba. Biodiversity, conservation and sustainabele management of soil animal: abstracts. Colombo: Embrapa Florestas. Editors: George Gardner Brown; Klaus Dieter Sautter; Renato Marques; Amarildo Pasini. 1 CD-ROM. |
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Ants belong to the most abundant and species-rich soil macrofauna groups in Neotropical forest
ecosystems. They are very important ecologically because they act at many levels in the soil
ecosystem. A hypogaeic and an epigaeic fauna can be distinguished but often not in a strict
sense but in many combinations regarding nesting and other activity habits. Ants function as
predators and prey, as herbivores and, with the group of fungus growing ants, as decomposers.
They are recognized as ecosystem engineers because of their soil moving activity and
concentration of nutrients in and around their nests (Rojas Fernándes 2003) and are good
indicators of habitat type (Bihn et al. 2008). Standardized sampling protocols have already been
developed (Agosti et al., 2000) to investigate their biodiversity.
The presentation will give a short review of methods to study soil ant diversity and our knowledge
about species richness and taxonomic composition of soil ant communities in the Neotropics.
Further, the ecological importance of two soil ant groups will be highlighted, small fungus growers
and army ants.
While leafcutting fungus growers received quite a lot of research attention the natural history and
the ecological impact of the majority of small non-leafcutting fungus growing ants have been
largely neglected. Even the nest architecture of the species is often unknown (Rabeling et al.
2007). We present data from a comparative study in an Amazonian forest and an agroforestry
system that show the contrarious size of diversity and abundance in both habitats and discuss
the ecological role of these small ants in soil physics and chemistry.
The results of another study focussing on predacious hypogaeic army ants demonstrate that the
diversity and abundance of army ants in neotropical soils is still largely unknown and in conclusion
also their ecological impact.
Agosti, D., Majer, J. D., Alonso, L.E. & Schultz, T. R. (eds.) 2000. Ants: standard methods for
measuring and monitoring biodiversity. Washington.
Bihn, J. H., M. Verhaagh, M. Brändle, and R. Brandl. 2008. Do secondary forests act as refuges
for old growth forest animals? Recovery of ant diversity in the Atlantic forest of Brazil. Biological
Conservation 141:733-743.
Rabeling, C., Verhaagh, M. & Engels, W. 2007. Comparative study of nest architecture and
colony structure of the fungus-growing ants, Mycocepurus goeldii and M. smithii. Journal of Insect
Science 7(40): 1-13
Rojas Fernández, P. (2003): El papel de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en la dinámica
edáfica. Pp. 197-216 in: Alvarez-Sánchez, J. & Naranjo-García, E. (eds.) Ecología del suelo en
la selva tropical húmeda de Mexico. Xalapa MenosAnts belong to the most abundant and species-rich soil macrofauna groups in Neotropical forest
ecosystems. They are very important ecologically because they act at many levels in the soil
ecosystem. A hypogaeic and an epigaeic fauna can be distinguished but often not in a strict
sense but in many combinations regarding nesting and other activity habits. Ants function as
predators and prey, as herbivores and, with the group of fungus growing ants, as decomposers.
They are recognized as ecosystem engineers because of their soil moving activity and
concentration of nutrients in and around their nests (Rojas Fernándes 2003) and are good
indicators of habitat type (Bihn et al. 2008). Standardized sampling protocols have already been
developed (Agosti et al., 2000) to investigate their biodiversity.
The presentation will give a short review of methods to study soil ant diversity and our knowledge
about species richness and taxonomic composition of soil ant communities in the Neotropics.
Further, the ecological importance of two soil ant groups will be highlighted, small fungus growers
and army ants.
While leafcutting fungus growers received quite a lot of research attention the natural history and
the ecological impact of the majority of small non-leafcutting fungus growing ants have been
largely neglected. Even the nest architecture of the species is often unknown (Rabeling et al.
2007). We present data from a comparative study in an Amazonian forest and an agroforestry
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| 2. |  | BIHN, J. H.; VERHAAGH, M. Ants as environmental indicators in the Mata Atlântica. In: INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON SOIL ZOOLOGY, 15; INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON APTERYGOTA, 12., 2008, Curitiba. Biodiversity, conservation and sustainabele management of soil animal: abstracts. Colombo: Embrapa Florestas. Editors: George Gardner Brown; Klaus Dieter Sautter; Renato Marques; Amarildo Pasini. 1 CD-ROM.| Biblioteca(s): Embrapa Florestas. |
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| 7. | | RABELING, C.; VERHAAGH, M.; GARCIA, M. V. B. Diversity and nest density of non-leafcutting, fungus growing ants (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Attini) in an Amazonian rainforest and an agroforestry system. In: INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON SOIL ZOOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 14., 2004, Mont Saint Aignan. Abstracts... Mont Saint Aignan: Université de Rouen, 2004. p. 57.| Tipo: Resumo em Anais de Congresso |
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| 9. | | GARCIA, M. V. B.; VERHAAGH, M.; MARTIUS, C. Soil ants. In: SHIFT PROJECT ENV 52 (Manaus-AB). Soil fauna and litter decomposition in primary and secondary forests and a mixed culture system in Amazonia. Manaus: SMNK/Embrapa Amazonia Ocidental, 1999. p. 185-191. Final Report 1996-1999.| Tipo: Capítulo em Livro Técnico-Científico |
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| 11. | | RABELING, C.; GONZALES, O.; SCHULTZ, T. R.; BACCI JR. M.; GARCIA, M. V. B.; VERHAAGH, M.; ISHAK, H. D. Cryptic sexual populations account for genetic diversity and ecological success in a widely distributed, asexual fungus-growing ant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 108, n. 30, p. 12366-12371, Jul., 2011.| Tipo: Artigo em Periódico Indexado | Circulação/Nível: A - 1 |
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| 12. | | BROWN, G. G.; RÖMBKE, J.; HÖFER, H.; VERHAAGH, M.; SAUTTER, K. D.; SANTANA, D. L. de Q. Biodiversity and function of soil animals in brazilian agroforestry systems. In: CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE SISTEMAS AGROFLORESTAIS, 6., 2006, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ. Sistemas agroflorestais: bases científicas para o desenvolvimento sustentável: resumos. Campos dos Goytacazes: Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro; Salvador: Sociedade Brasileira de Sistemas Agroflorestais, 2006. p. 217-242. Editado por: GAMA-RODRIGUES, A. C. da; BARROS, N. F. de; GAMA-RODRIGUES, E. F. da; FREITAS, M. S. M.; VIANA, A. P.; JASMIN, J. M.; MARCIANO, C. R.; CARNEIRO, J. G. A.| Tipo: Capítulo em Livro Técnico-Científico | Circulação/Nível: -- - -- |
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| 13. | | HÖFER, H.; BURGER, D.; FÖRSTER, B.; GARCIA, M. V. B.; GARCIA, T.; HANAGARTH, W.; MARTIUS, C.; RODRIGUES, M. R. L.; RÖMBKE, J.; SCHMIDT, P.; VERHAAGH, M. Managing plant residues to improve soil fertility in central Amazonian agroecosystems. An integrated approach with agricultural trials, controlled field and laboratory experiments, ecotoxicological tests and a screenning of eight different plantations with regard to soil macrofauna and decomposition. In: INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON SOIL ZOOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 14., 2004, Mont Saint Aignan. Abstracts... Mont Saint Aignan: Université de Rouen, 2004. p. 98.| Tipo: Resumo em Anais de Congresso |
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