Environmental contamination research has been quite interesting in bioindicators recently.
The basic objective of bioindicator research is to find species that can reliably detect …

Bioindicators, as taxa or functional groups, are widely used as indicators of environmental
change, specific ecological factors or taxonomic diversity. The use of ecological …

The state of ecosystems, biological communities and species are continuously changing as
a result of both natural processes and the activities of humans. In order to detect and …

The sight of land managers poring over ant checklists is a regular occurrence in Australia,
where ant monitoring has been successfully applied to a wide range of land‐use situations …

Summary 1 Bioindicators of habitat quality and environmental change must be identified
quantitatively and tested independently to confirm their usefulness. We used the indicator …

Intensive agricultural practices drive biodiversity loss with potentially drastic consequences
for ecosystem services. To advance conservation and production goals, agricultural …

The use of terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates as a management tool for monitoring change
in ecosystems is reviewed and critically evaluated. Their suitability and value for assessing a …

With up to a quarter of all insect species heading towards extinction over the next few
decades, there is now a pressing need to summarize the techniques available for measuring …

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 …