Abstract Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are one of the most dominant terrestrial organisms
worldwide. They are hugely abundant, both in terms of sheer numbers and biomass, on …

Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa is faced with the challenge of improving current food security
on highly degraded land. At the same time, the region has to develop strategies to ensure …

Human efforts to produce ever-greater amounts of food leave their mark on our environment.
Persistent use of conventional farming practices based on extensive tillage, especially when …

These last twenty years have seen the development of an abundant literature on the
influence of soil macrofauna on soil structure. Amongst these organisms, earthworms …

Ants are ecosystem engineers, greatly affecting physical, chemical, and biological properties
of the soil. The effects on physical soil properties are connected with the building of corridors …

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 …

Ants are ubiquitous ecosystem engineers and generalist predators and are able to affect
ecological communities via both pathways. They are likely to influence any other terrestrial …

Soil dwelling ants are important soil engineers that have a large impact on the soil
ecosystem. This is reflected in the alteration of soil properties by ants due to burrowing …

Ants are ecosystem engineers, and their nesting and foraging activities are critical to
modifying soil structure. In this paper, the soil physical and mechanical properties of in situ …

The set of chemical properties: total, available and watersoluble P, total C, available K, Na,
Ca and pH in H2O and KCl were studied in 64 nests of Lasius niger and in surrounding soils …