Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Ant diversity along a wide rainfall gradient in the Paraguayan dry Chaco
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Spatial and temporal foraging overlaps in a Chacoan ground-foraging ant assemblage
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Trophic ecology of the armadillo ant Tatuidris tatusia assessed by stable isotopes and behavioral observations.
- Ants of the genus Tatuidris Brown and Kempf (Formicidae: Agroecomyrmecinae) generally occur at low abundances in forests of Central and South America. Their morphological peculiarities, such as mandibular brushes, are presumably linked with specialized predatory habits. Our aims were to (1) assess the Tatuidris abundance in an evergreen premontane forest of Ecuador; (2) detail morphological characteristics and feeding behavior of Tatuidris; and (3) define the position of Tatuidris in the food web. A total of 465 litter samples were collected. For the first time, live Tatuidris individuals were observed. Various potential food sources were offered to them. A nitrogen stable isotope ratio analysis ((15)N/(14)N) was conducted on Tatuidris tatusia, other ants, and common organisms from the leaf-litter mesofauna. We found a relatively high abundance of T. tatusia in the site. Live individuals did not feed on any of the food sources offered, as usually observed with diet specialist ants. The isotope analysis revealed that T. tatusia is one of the top predators of the leaf-litter food web.
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Habitat Rather than Prey Limits Predatory Ants
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Reproductive strategies and community structure of New Guinean arboreal nesting termites.
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Structure, Diversity and Distribution of ant communities.
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Ant Communities (in Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador): Structure, Diversity and Distribution.
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'Vertition' of integumental organs in mites revisited: a case of fluctuating asymmetry
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Scale dependence of diversity measures in a leaf-litter ant assemblage.
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Vertical stratification of the termite assemblage in a neotropical rainforest
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Spatial structure of litter-dwelling ant distribution in a subtropical dry forest
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Un acarien qui saute et qui se met en boule
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Le saut chez un acarien oribate du genre Indotritia
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The backward jump of a box moss mite
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Taxy and variations of leg setae and solenidia in Tetranychus urticae (Acari, Prostigmata)
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Characterizing termite assemblages in fragmented forests: A test case in the Argentinian Chaco
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Megadiversity of arthropods of canopies
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Support scientifique à l’élaboration des plans de gestion des étangs gérés par l’IBGE en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
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The last biotic frontier: towards a census of canopy life. European Science Foundation exploratory workshop co-funded by the United Nations Environment Program and the Global Canopy Program
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Etude de conception du Maillage Vert. Le maillage vert ecologique en région de Bruxelles Capitale + 1 carte
