A pest is a pest is a pest? The dilemma of neotropical leaf-cutting ants: Keystone taxa of natural ecosystems

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorFowler, H. G.
dc.creatorPagani, Maria Inez
dc.creatorAulino da Silva, O.
dc.creatorForti, L. C.
dc.creatorPereira da Silva, V.
dc.creatorDe Vasconcelos, H. L.
dc.date2014-05-27T06:17:44Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:12:20Z
dc.date2014-05-27T06:17:44Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:12:20Z
dc.date1989-11-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T00:41:46Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T00:41:46Z
dc.identifierEnvironmental Management, v. 13, n. 6, p. 671-675, 1989.
dc.identifier0364-152X
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/63913
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/63913
dc.identifier10.1007/BF01868306
dc.identifierWOS:A1989CD68100003
dc.identifier2-s2.0-0024764260
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01868306
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/885861
dc.descriptionLeaf-cutting ants of the genera Acromyrmex and Atta are considered the principal polyphagous pests of the Neotropics. Although some members of these genera are of economic importance, have a broad geographic distribution, and are extremely good colonizers, others are endemic and closely interact with native ecosystems. Control is generally practiced against any colony, irrespective of its taxonomic status. Indiscriminate control coupled with habitat destruction threatens endemic species with extinction, and, through habitat simplification, favors other pest species. As nests of Atta are large, having several square meters of nest surface, the endemic taxa can be easily used as environmental indicators for natural ecosystems. Likewise, the pest species can be used to detect environmental disturbance. As these ants are keystone species and easily identified by nonspecialists, efforts should be made to integrate these into viable conservation programs.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationEnvironmental Management
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectEnvironmental Engineering
dc.subjectInsect Control
dc.subjectAnts
dc.subjectKeystone Taxa
dc.subjectEcosystems
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectant
dc.subjectarthropod
dc.subjectenvironment
dc.subjectnonhuman
dc.subjectpest control
dc.subjectsouth and central america
dc.subjectvegetation
dc.subjectAcromyrmex
dc.subjectArthropoda
dc.subjectAtta
dc.subjectFormicidae
dc.subjectInsecta
dc.subjectkeystone species
dc.subjectleaf-cutting ant
dc.subjectpest
dc.titleA pest is a pest is a pest? The dilemma of neotropical leaf-cutting ants: Keystone taxa of natural ecosystems
dc.typeOtro


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