Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Biodiversity changes in African forests and the emergence of infectious diseases: Should we worry?
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Uncovering the diversity and evolutionary histories of viruses from archived specimens from the Afrotropics
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Diversity of rodents and their viruses from pristine to degraded habitat in DR Congo
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Molecular barcoding capacities for a sharper picture of wildmeat consumption in Central Africa
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Biodiversity and seasonal abundance of ticks (Ixodina) parasitizing domestic pigs slaughtered at the IAT (Kisangani, DRC)
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Evolution de l'exploitation des gibiers-mammifères à Kisangani de 1975 à 2018
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Vers un inventaire des écureuils arboricoles, porteurs de Monkeypox en RD Congo
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Diversité et abondance des chauvessouris (Chiroptera) de la région de Banalia, province de la Tshopo, R.D. Congo
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Molecular identification of an invasive Sarotherodon species from the Atchakpa freshwater reservoir (Ouémé River Basin, Benin) and comparison with S. melanotheron using COI markers
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CEBioS capacity building programma in the Congo Basin
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The scientific legacy of Eugène Henri Joseph Leloup (1902–1981)
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Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta
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15th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta
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Arthropod community structure as a tool to assess land use effects on soil physiochemical parameters
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Influence of Ant-grass association on soil microbial activity : an assessment of organic matter decomposition dynamics in a savanna ecosystem (Lamto, Côte d'Ivoire).
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A preliminary checklist of ants from Rwanda (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
- The main purpose of this study was to develop a preliminary checklist of ants known from Rwanda. Notes about repositories are provided for each species record, and ants that are likely to be endemic to Rwanda were identified. Results showed that ants were collected in different areas of Rwanda. Known ant species from the country comprised 6 subfamilies, 26 genera and 71 species, dominated by the subfamily Myrmicinae, Ponerinae, and Formicinae. Among the 71 ant species, 10 are at present considered endemic to Rwanda. This checklist will serve as a baseline survey for future research. We recommend further studies including new field data collections to validate and update this preliminary checklist.
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Evaluating efficiency of different sampling methods for arboreal ants (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) in a West-Afrikan forest-savanna mosaic.
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Soil-litter ant (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) community response to reforested lands of Gishwati tropical montane forest, Western-Nothern part of Rwanda.
- Recently, human activities have impacted biodiversity-rich forest in western Rwanda, creating a need to enhance restoration activities of degraded lands in the region. To evaluate the effects of reforestation activities on the community composition of soil-litter ants, research was conducted in Gishwati tropical montane forest, located in northern-western part of Rwanda. The ant fauna was studied in reforested lands dominated by regenerated native species and exotic tree species. Further, a primary forest made of native trees served as a reference. In each forest type, nine sampling points were used to sample ants. Ant specimens were collected using pitfalls, hand sampling and Winkler extractor. They were identified to subfamilies, genus and species levels using dichotomous keys, and also statistically analysed for species richness, diversity, evenness and community composition. We collected a total of 2,481 individuals from 5 subfamilies, 18 genera and 35 species. Higher abundance, diversity and species richness were found in soil-litter under natural primary and secondary forests dominated by regenerated native plant species compared to exotic tree forest. The ant community composition analysis indicated higher similarities in ant species sampled under primary native forest and secondary forest dominated by regenerated native species. Reforestation by regenerating native species may be given priority in restoration of degraded lands due to their importance in species richness and species diversity
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Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856) an expected species finally discovered in Belgium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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Is Lasius bicornis (Förster, 1850) a very rare ant species? (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
