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 …

Ecological disturbance is fundamental to the dynamics of biological communities, yet a
conceptual framework for understanding the responses of faunal communities to …

Social insects, ie ants, bees, wasps and termites, are key components of ecological
communities, and are important ecosystem services (ESs) providers. Here, we review the …

Summary 1 The indicator qualities of terrestrial invertebrates are widely recognized in the
context of detecting ecological change associated with human land‐use. However, the use …

Ants are increasingly being recognized as useful tools for land managers to monitor
ecosystem conditions. However, despite an abundance of studies on ant responses to both …

We investigated responses of ant communities to habitat complexity, with the aim of
assessing complexity as a useful surrogate for ant species diversity. We used pitfall traps to …

Ants are widely used as bioindicators in environmental assessment in Australia, partly
because the responses of ant communities to disturbance are relatively well understood. In …

Northern Australia stands out as one of the largest natural areas remaining on Earth-
alongside such global treasures as the Amazon rainforests, the boreal conifer forests of …

Taken literally, the aim of biodiversity monitoring is to track changes in the biological integrity
of ecosystems. Given the overwhelmingly dominant contribution of invertebrates to …

Logging and habitat conversion create hotter microclimates in tropical forest landscapes,
representing a powerful form of localised anthropogenic climate change. It is widely …