Ants show the way Down Under: invertebrates as bioindicators in land management

By A. Andersen, Jonathan D. Majer. 2004

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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Biodiversity consequences of land-use change and forest disturbance in the Amazon:a multi-scale assessment using ant communities (2016, background): “…tropical forests have focused on plants and vertebrates (e.g. Antongiovanni and Metzger 2005, Dexter et al. 2012), yet we know that invertebrates comprise most species and they often respond differently to human-induced disturbances (Andersen and Majer 2004, Barlow et al. 2007a, Solar et al. 2015).”
The science and application of ecological monitoring (2010, background): “…some workers to the ‘‘laundry-list” approach has been to argue that ‘‘indicator species” or ‘‘indicator groups” should be the targets of monitoring programs (Andersen and Majer, 2004; Cantarello and Newton, 2008; Dung and Webb, 2008; McLaren et al., 1998; Sparrow et al., 1994; Spellerberg, 1994;…”
Using ants for rangeland monitoring: Global patterns in the responses of ant communities to grazing (2010, background): “68 69 Ants have had a particularly long history of use as bioindicators in Australia 70 (Andersen & Majer 2004), and the responses of ants to environmental disturbance on 71 this continent have been comprehensively reviewed (Hoffmann & Andersen 2003).”
Ants as indicators of environmental change and ecosystem processes (2017, background): “Furthermore, their simple and cost-efficient ampling (Andersen and Majer, 2004; Underwood and Fisher, 2006) akes them a suitable indicator of even subtle abiotic, biotic, and unctional changes of ecosystems (Folgarait, 1998).”
Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) pass the bioindicator scorecard (2007, background): “Perusal of the references in ANDERSEN & MAJER (2004) reveals that ants have been successfully used as bioindicators in minesites in all climatic regions of Australia, and as indicators of pollution, forest health, and rangeland condition.”
The little things that run the world revisited: a review of ant-mediated ecosystem services and disservices (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (2012, background): “…since then have also synthesized the knowledge of the influence of ant-mediated ecosystem functions and services for different environmental and ecological scenarios (e.g., habitat fragmentation, CRIST 2009, and use of ants as indicators of environmental change ANDERSEN & MAJER 2004, ELLISON 2012).”