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The effects of ant nests on soil fertility and plant performance: a meta-analysis
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2017-07)
Ants are recognized as one of the major sources of soil disturbance world-wide. However, this view is largely based on isolated studies and qualitative reviews. Here, for the first time, we quantitatively determined whether ...
Nest architecture of Pachycondyla striata Fr. Smith, 1858 (Formicidae, Ponerinae)
(Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 2010-02-01)
Nine nests of Pachycondyla striata Fr. Smith, 1858 were excavated between 2006 and 2007 at the UNESP university campus in Rio Claro, SP, southeastern Brazil. The P. striata population was larger in the two nests excavated ...
Nest architecture of Pachycondyla striata Fr. Smith, 1858 (Formicidae, Ponerinae)
(Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 2010-02-01)
Nine nests of Pachycondyla striata Fr. Smith, 1858 were excavated between 2006 and 2007 at the UNESP university campus in Rio Claro, SP, southeastern Brazil. The P. striata population was larger in the two nests excavated ...
Stenochrus portoricensis (Arachnida: Schizomida) living in a nest of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil
(2019-07-01)
Schizomida is an arachnid order widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, commonly found in humid and warm environments such as leaf litter, on the underside of rocks, and in caves. Stenochrus portoricensis ...
Nest architecture of Pachycondyla striata Fr. Smith, 1858 (Formicidae, Ponerinae)
(Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 2014)
NEST REUSE AND COMMUNAL NESTING IN MICROTHURGE-CORUMBAE (HYMENOPTERA, MEGACHILIDAE), WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NEST DEFENSE
(Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 1992-01-01)
Observations on the nesting activities of Microthurge corumbae, carried out at the University Campus of Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, from 1977 to 1981, indicated that 61.9% of nests were re-used by succeeding ...
NEST REUSE AND COMMUNAL NESTING IN MICROTHURGE-CORUMBAE (HYMENOPTERA, MEGACHILIDAE), WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NEST DEFENSE
(Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 1992-01-01)
Observations on the nesting activities of Microthurge corumbae, carried out at the University Campus of Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, from 1977 to 1981, indicated that 61.9% of nests were re-used by succeeding ...
Nest Architecture Development of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
(Soc Brasileira Entomologia, 2020-01-01)
Atta capiguara grass-cutting ants are commonly found in the Cerrado biome, in open fields. Although grass-cutting ants build giant nests, little has been elucidated about this building pattern and when chambers and tunnels ...
Nest defense behavior against the attack of ants in colonies of pre-emergent Mischocyttarus cerberus (hymenoptera, vespidae)
(2007-07-16)
The study was carried out at the UNESP Rio Claro campus (SP), where biotests consisting of simulated ant attacks were performed in colonies of Mischocyttarus cerberus. The behaviors of the wasps were recorded with a ...
Organic linings in nests of the fire ants Solenopsis electra Forel and Solenopsis nr. macdonaghi Santschi from Argentina
(Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 2012-11-24)
Although fire ants have been extensively studied, not much has been published about the structure and<br />building material of their nests and even less on the lining of chamber walls. Nests built in unconsolidated sandy ...