Biodiversity is organised into complex ecological networks of interacting species in local
ecosystems, but our knowledge about the effects of habitat fragmentation on such systems …

Ants are probably the most dominant insect group on Earth, representing ten to fifteen
percent of animal biomass in terrestrial ecosystems. Flowering plants, meanwhile, owe their …

Feeding on Non-Prey Resources by Natural Enemies Moshe Coll Reports on the
consumption of non-prey food sources, particularly plant materials, by predators and …

Ant–seed interactions take several forms, including dispersal, predation, and parasitism,
whereby ants consume seed appendages without dispersal of seeds. We hypothesized that …

Ant–plant mutualisms are usually regarded as driven by ants defending plants against
herbivores in return for plant‐produced food rewards and housing. However, ants may …

Na década de 1970, Daniel H. Janzen, um dos grandes ecólogos tropicais, chamou a
atenção para um problema de conservação muito mais sutil do que a extinção de espécies …

We review the patterns of fruit maturation, dispersal, germination, seed bank formation, and
seedling establishment of the Melastomataceae in two Neotropical biodiversity hotspots, the …

In tropical forests, ants frequently consume fruit pulp around seeds of vertebrate-dispersed
plants, which protects the seeds from infection by fungus and pathogens. Seed cleaning …

This study provides quantitative field data on the natural history and foraging behaviour of
the Neotropical bromeliad-nesting ant Gnamptogenys moelleri (Ponerinae) in a sandy plain …

Abstract Changes in species composition and an increase in the probability of local or
regional extinctions alone are considered alarming consequences of human disturbances …