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Ants play important roles in natural ecosystems. These eusocial insects are omnivorous feeders and live in a wide variety of habitats. They belong to the order Hymenoptera, and family Formicidae. There are more than 8800 described species that occur throughout the world. They have large heads, segmented antennae, and powerful jaws and undergo complete metamorphosis. In general, ants live typically in structured nest communities, forming nest sites in close proximity to moisture and food, underground, in ground-level mounds, or in trees. Among ant species, there is a wide range of interesting behaviors displayed. Many species are mutualistic, where they develop interactions with other insects and/or plants. Other species display parasitic relationships among each other. Still other species exhibit predatory behaviors. This book contains contributions written by experts in their respective fields and targets a wide audience. It is highly recommended as a valuable resource for general biologists, entomologists, ecologists, zoologists, and students and teachers in training in this subject matter.
Ants. --- Aculeata --- Formicidae --- Hymenoptera --- Myrmecology --- Insects (entomology)
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Ants are a ubiquitous, highly diverse, and ecologically dominant faunal group. They represent a large proportion of global terrestrial faunal biomass and play key ecological roles as soil engineers, predators, and re-cyclers of nutrients. They have particularly important interactions with plants as defenders against herbivores, as seed dispersers, and as seed predators. One downside to the ecological importance of ants is that they feature on the list of the world’s worst invasive species. Ants have also been important for science as model organisms for studies of diversity, biogeography, and community ecology. Despite such importance, ants remain remarkably understudied. A large proportion of species are undescribed, the biogeographic histories of most taxa remain poorly known, and we have a limited understanding of spatial patterns of diversity and composition, along with the processes driving them. The papers in this Special Issue collectively address many of the most pressing questions relating to ant diversity. What is the level of ant diversity? What is the origin of this diversity, and how is it distributed at different spatial scales? What are the roles of niche partitioning and competition as regulators of local diversity? How do ants affect the ecosystems within which they occur? The answers to these questions provide valuable insights not just for ants, but for biodiversity more generally.
ant diversity --- cryptic species --- morphospecies --- species delimitation --- sympatric association --- endosymbiont --- ant --- vertical transmission --- biogeography --- ancestral state reconstruction --- phylogeny --- ants --- community structure --- physiology --- interactions --- temperature --- behavioral interactions --- coexistence --- co-occurrence --- competitive exclusion --- dominance --- Formicidae --- scale --- Dolichoderinae --- species distribution models --- climatic gradients --- wet tropics --- climate change --- invasion ecology --- invasive species --- red imported fire ant --- commensalism --- gopher tortoise --- diversity --- conservation --- burrow commensal --- soil arthropods --- pitfall --- bait --- turnover --- food specialisation --- stratification --- sampling methods --- hypogaeic --- species richness --- species occurrence --- endemic species --- distribution ranges --- dispersal routes --- centre of origin --- refugium areas --- antbird --- army ant --- biodiversity --- biological indicator --- deforestation --- habitat fragmentation --- myrmecophiles --- mimicry --- species interactions --- tropics --- biological invasions --- species checklist --- urban ecology --- n/a
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"An edited collection about the evolution of agriculture in humans and insects"--
Food & society --- Evolution --- Insects (entomology) --- Agriculture --- host-symbiont interactions --- domestication --- tragedy of the commons --- social evolution --- yield --- fungus-growing termites --- fungus-growing ants --- repression of competition --- kin selection --- mutualistic symbiosis --- fungus-farming ants --- evolution of agriculture --- attine ants --- Formicidae --- Attini --- Attina --- symbiosis --- coevolution --- mutualism --- Domestication. --- Insect rearing. --- Beneficial insects --- Crops --- Origin. --- Evolution. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy) --- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution --- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology --- Crop evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Economic entomology --- Entomology, Economic --- Insects, Beneficial --- Insects, Injurious and beneficial --- Useful insects --- Insects --- Zoology, Economic --- Entomology --- Insect culture --- Mass rearing of insects --- Rearing of insects --- Small animal culture --- Animals, Domestication of --- Animal training --- Domestic animals --- Pets --- Origin of agriculture --- Agriculture, Prehistoric --- Domestication --- Cultures and culture media --- Rearing --- Social aspects --- History
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