The role of ants in conservation monitoring: If, when, and how

By Emma Underwood, B. Fisher. 2006

368 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Social Psychology

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. S. Miller
2. Y. Basset
3. B. Fisher
4. M. Leponce
5. C. Brühl
6. Kevin Clarke
7. Gretchen LeBuhn
8. T. Eltz

In Genetics

1. B. Fisher
2. M. Leponce
3. C. Brühl
4. Y. Basset
5. Gretchen LeBuhn
6. Kevin Clarke
7. T. Eltz
8. M. E. Irwin

In Social Psychology

1. Gretchen LeBuhn
2. Kevin Clarke
3. B. Hoffmann
4. Alfonso Alonso
5. R. Brandl
6. B. Fisher
7. M. E. Irwin

Citations in the corpus

• Arthropods as bioindicators of sustainable forest management, with a focus on plantation forests (2009, background): “Ants have been extensively used as effective disturbance bioindicators for ecosystem management and biodiversity restoration (Underwood and Fisher, 2006) with respect to their eco-functional importance (Gauld and Bolton, 1988) and high sensitivity to ecosystem disturbances caused by forest…”
• Using ants for rangeland monitoring: Global patterns in the responses of ant communities to grazing (2010, background): “…bioindicator, land management, global patterns 55 56 57 Introduction 58 Ants are a particularly prominent invertebrate group used in assessing ecological 59 responses to disturbance (Rosenberg et al. 1986; Andersen 1999; Taylor & Doran 60 2001; Andersen et al. 2004; Underwood & Fisher 2006).”
• Ants as indicators of environmental change and ecosystem processes (2017, background): “…of forest degradation In contrast to findings of several other studies (e.g., Philpott et al., 2010 and references within; for a review see Underwood and Fisher, 2006), forest degradation in our study area did not have an effect on the incidence, richness, and raw functional richness of…”
• Fuelling the biodiversity crisis: species loss of ground-dwelling forest ants in oil palm plantations in Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo) (2010, background): “Leaf litter ants are considered useful indicators of ecosystem disturbance (Agosti et al. 2000; Underwood and Fisher 2006 ) and they have been found to show congruent patterns with other taxa in their responses to environmental change in different habitats (Lawton et al. 1998; Alonso 2000).”
• Monitoring arthropods in a tropical landscape: relative effects of sampling methods and habitat types on trap catches (2009, background): “Monitoring goals may include detecting the presence of invasive species; detecting population trends of threatened, endangered or keystone species; evaluating land management decisions; or assessing ecosystem change (Underwood and Fisher 2006).”
• Patterns of species change in anthropogenically disturbed forests of Madagascar (2010, background): “Arthropods are hyperdiverse, with many local microendemics, and sensitive to habitat disturbance (Stewart et al., 2007; Underwood and Fisher, 2006); many partition the world on a much finer scale than vertebrates.”
• The influence of urban park characteristics on ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) communities (2008, positive): “indicators of land management practices and restoration efforts because they are sensitive to habitat variation, respond quickly to changes in habitat quality and are easy to collect and identify (Andersen et al. 2002; Underwood and Fisher 2006 ).”
• Contribution of cocoa plantations to the conservation of native ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with a special emphasis on the Atlantic Forest fauna of southern Bahia, Brazil (2007, background): “Mini-Winkler use has become widespread as the traps are recognized as extremely efficient in capturing ground and litter-dwelling ants (Bestelmeyer et al. 2000; Delabie et al. 2000b; Parr and Chown 2001; Longino et al. 2002; Underwood and Fisher 2006 ).”