The little things that run the world revisited: a review of ant-mediated ecosystem services and disservices (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

By I. D. Toro, Relena R. Ribbons, S. Pelini, J. Dauber, H. Forest. 2012

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Citations in the corpus

• Biodiversity consequences of land-use change and forest disturbance in the Amazon:a multi-scale assessment using ant communities (2016, background): “Among the arthropods, ants are a ubiquitous group, dominating faunal biomass in many forests (Hölldobler and Wilson 2009, Basset et al. 2015), occupying all forest strata (Blüthgen and Feldhaar 2010), and playing a wide variety of key functional roles relating to soil health, nutrient cycling, energ”
• Insects as food and feed: A review (2015, background): “Ants are highly sought-after delicacies in many parts of the world (Del Toro et al., 2012).”
• Role of Arthropods in Maintaining Soil Fertility (2013, background): “ecological importance of ants has been examined in a recent review [93], which highlights the many ecosystem support services provided by these insects.”