Ants,9781560988854

Ants

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ISBN13: 9781560988854
ISBN10: 1560988851
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-11-01
Publisher(s): Smithsonian Inst Pr
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Summary

Numbering more than nine thousand described species, ants rank among the most abundant and widespread groups. The collective weight of ants in tropical forests and grasslands may constitute as much as 10 to 15 percent of the animal biomass. Ground-dwelling ants are major invertebrate predators in some areas, and they also have profound effects on flora because of their prodigious ability to consume plants, disperse seeds, and enrich the soil. Interacting with other organisms at every level, ants are ubiquitous, diverse, easy to collect, and sensitive to environmental change -- all attributes that make them well suited to biodiversity studies.

Written by thirty leading ant biologists, this comprehensive book describes procedures for surveying the diversity of ground-dwelling ants. It introduces a standardized protocol for collecting ant samples in any part of the world and for conducting repeated sampling over time, which enables researchers to analyze global and longterm patterns. Chapters compare ant diversity to the diversity of other organisms and explain

Table of Contents

List of Figures
ix
List of Tables
xiii
Foreword xv
Edward O. Wilson
Preface xvii
Biodiversity Studies, Monitoring, and Ants: An Overview
1(8)
Leeanne E. Alonso
Donat Agosti
A Primer on Ant Ecology
9(16)
Michael Kaspari
A Global Ecology of Rainforest Ants: Functional Groups in Relation to Environmental Stress and Disturbance
25(10)
Alan N. Andersen
The Interactions of Ants with Other Organisms
35(10)
Ted R. Schultz
Terrence P. McGlynn
Diversity of Ants
45(35)
William L. Brown Jr.
Ants as Indicators of Diversity
80(9)
Leeanne E. Alonso
Using Ants to Monitor Environmental Change
89(10)
Michael Kaspari
Jonathan D. Majer
Broad-Scale Patterns of Diversity in Leaf Litter Ant Communities
99(23)
Philip S. Ward
Field Techniques for the Study of Ground-Dwelling Ants: An Overview, Description, and Evaluation
122(23)
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer
Donat Agosti
Leeanne E. Alonso
C. Roberto F. Brandao
William L. Brown Jr.
Jacques H. C. Delabie
Rogerio Silvestre
Sampling Effort and Choice of Methods
145(10)
Jacques H. C. Delabie
Brian L. Fisher
Jonathan D. Majer
Ian W. Wright
Specimen Processing: Building and Curating an Ant Collection
155(17)
John E. Lattke
Major Regional and Type Collections of Ants (Formicidae) of the World and Sources for the Identification of Ant Species
172(14)
C. Roberto F. Brandao
What to Do with the Data
186(18)
John T. Longino
The ALL Protocol: A Standard Protocol for the Collection of Ground-Dwelling Ants
204(3)
Donat Agosti
Leeanne E. Alonso
Applying the ALL Protocol: Selected Case Studies
207(8)
Brian L. Fisher
Annette K. F. Malsch
Raghavendra Gadagkar
Jacques H. C.
Delabie, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos
Jonathan D. Majer
Appendix 1 List and Sources of Materials for Ant Sampling Methods 215(4)
Appendix 2 Ant Survey Data Sheet 219(2)
Appendix 3 List of Materials for Ant Specimen Processing 221(2)
Glossary 223(8)
Ted R. Schultz
Leeanne E. Alonso
Literature Cited 231(40)
Contributors 271(4)
Index 275

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