Ants as Indicators in Brazil : A Review with Suggestions to Improve the Use of Ants in Environmental Monitoring Programs
Joint Authors
Schmidt, Fernando A.
Campos, Renata B. F.
Solar, Ricardo R. C.
Ribas, Carla R.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-23, 23 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-12-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
23
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We describe the use of ants as indicators in Brazil, based on a critical review of published articles.
The analysis of fifty-eight papers, encompassing a range of almost 25 years, indicates an increased number of studies using ants as indicators in the last decade.
Among the parameters analyzed in the papers, species composition is the most suitable to evaluate the effect of the disturbance on ant communities.
The use of other metrics that consider the specificity and fidelity (e.g., IndVal index) of ant species to a level or state of disturbance is also highly desirable.
We discuss several alternative ways of overcoming many of the drawbacks related to the robustness of the results and to reduce the financial, logistic, and time costs involved with the use of ants as indicators in monitoring programs.
By doing so, we expect to encourage new research on ants as bioindicators as well as to summarize current knowledge, facilitating further research.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ribas, Carla R.& Campos, Renata B. F.& Schmidt, Fernando A.& Solar, Ricardo R. C.. 2011. Ants as Indicators in Brazil : A Review with Suggestions to Improve the Use of Ants in Environmental Monitoring Programs. Psyche،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-23.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ribas, Carla R.…[et al.]. Ants as Indicators in Brazil : A Review with Suggestions to Improve the Use of Ants in Environmental Monitoring Programs. Psyche No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-23.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ribas, Carla R.& Campos, Renata B. F.& Schmidt, Fernando A.& Solar, Ricardo R. C.. Ants as Indicators in Brazil : A Review with Suggestions to Improve the Use of Ants in Environmental Monitoring Programs. Psyche. 2011. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487072
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-487072