The massive environmentally buffered nests of some social insects can contain millions of
individuals and a wide variety of parasites, commensals and mutualists. We suggest that the …

The importance of Eurasian red wood ants (RWAs)(Formica rufa group) in forest and heath
ecosystems has long been recognized. One key function of RWAs is the role of their nests in …

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 …

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 …

Ants are the most widely distributed and most numerically abundant group of social insects.
First, they were ground-or litter-dwelling predators or scavengers, and certain taxa evolved …

Community composition and food web structure of soil decomposer biota in relation to
various habitat properties were compared between upper parts of red wood ant (Formica …

Spatio-temporal variability is a key factor in conservation, management and restoration of
ecosystems. Spatial heterogeneity is caused in many cases by organisms that are able to …

Despite their ubiquity, the role of ants in driving ecosystem processes both aboveground
and belowground has been seldom explored, except within the nest. During 1995 we …

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of red wood ants Formica polyctena sl Foerst.
on the spatial distribution of carabids and describe mechanisms of the ant–beetle …