1. ATLANTIC ANTS: a data set of ants in Atlantic Forests of South America.
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Silva RR, Martello F, Feitosa RM, Silva OGM, do Prado LP, Brandão CRF, de Albuquerque EZ, Morini MSC, Delabie JHC, Dos Santos Monteiro EC, Emanuel Oliveira Alves A, Wild AL, Christianini AV, Arnhold A, Casadei Ferreira A, Oliveira AM, Santos AD, Galbán A, de Oliveira AA, Subtil AGM, Dias AM, de Carvalho Campos AE, Waldschimidt AM, Freitas AVL, Avalos AN, Meyer ALS, Sánchez-Restrepo AF, Suarez AV, Souza AS, Queiroz ACM, Mayhé-Nunes AJ, da Cruz Reis A, Lopes BC, Guénard B, Trad BM, Caitano B, Yagound B, Pereira-Silva B, Fisher BL, Tavares BLP, Moraes BB, Filgueiras BKC, Guarda C, Ribas CR, Cereto CE, Esbérard CEL, Schaefer CEGR, Paris CI, Bueno C, Lasmar CJ, da Costa-Milanez CB, Lutinski CJ, Ortiz-Sepulveda CM, Wazema CT, Mariano CSF, Barrera CA, Klunk CL, Santana DO, Larrea D, Rother DC, Souza-Campana DR, Kayano DY, Alves DL, Assis DS, Anjos D, França ECB, Santos EF, Silva EA, Santos ÉV, Koch EB, Siqueira ELS, Almeida ÉA, Araujo ES, Villarreal E, Becker E, de Oliveira Canedo-Júnior E, Santos-Neto EA, Economo EP, Araújo-Oliveira ÉS, Cuezzo F, Magalhães FS, Neves FM, Rosumek FB, Dorneles FE, Noll FB, Arruda FV, Esteves FA, Ramos FN, Garcia FRM, de Castro FS, Serna F, Marcineiro FR, Neves FS, do Nascimento GB, de Figueiredo Jacintho G, Camacho GP, Ribeiro GT, Lourenço GM, Soares GR, Castilho GA, Alves GP, Zurita GA, Machado Santos GH, Onody HC, Oliveira HS, Vasconcelos HL, Paulino-Neto HF, Brant H, Rismo Coelho I, de Melo Teles E Gomes IJ, Leal IR, Dos Santos IA, Santos ICS, Fernandes IO, Nascimento IC, Queiroz JM, Lattke JE, Majer J, Schoereder JH, Dantas JO, Andrade-Silva J, Díaz Guastavino JM, Silveira Dos Santos J, Filloy J, Chaul JCM, Lutinski JA, Carvalho KS, Ramos KS, Sampaio KLS, Ribeiro LAM, Sousa-Souto L, Paolucci LN, Elizalde L, Podgaiski LR, Chifflet L, Carvalho-Leite LJ, Calcaterra LA, Macedo-Reis LE, Magnago LFS, Madureira MS, Silva MM, Pie MR, Uehara-Prado M, Pizo MA, Pesquero MA, Carneiro MAF, Busato MA, de Almeida MFB, Bellocq MI, Tibcherani M, Casimiro MS, Ronque MUV, da Costa MMS, Angotti MA, de Oliveira MV, Leponce M, Imata MMG, de Oliveira Martins MF, Antunes Ulysséa M, do Espirito Santo NB, Ladino López NM, Balbino NS, da Silva NS, Safar NVH, de Andrade PL, Camargo PHSA, Oliveira PS, Dodonov P, Luna P, Ward PS, Hanisch PE, Silva PS, Divieso R, Carvalho RL, Campos RBF, Antoniazzi R, Vicente RE, Giovenardi R, Campos RI, Solar RRC, Fujihara RT, de Jesus Santos R, Fagundes R, Guerrero RJ, Probst RS, de Jesus RS, Silvestre R, López-Muñoz RA, de Souza Ferreira-Châline R, Almeida RPS, de Mello Pinto S, Santoandré S, Althoff SL, Ribeiro SP, Jory T, Fernandes TT, de Oliveira Andrade T, Pereira TPL, Gonçalves-Souza T, da Silva TSR, Silva VNG, Lopez VM, Tonetti VR, Nacagava VAF, Oliveira VM, Dáttilo W, DaRocha W, Franco W, Dröse W, Antonialli W, and Ribeiro MC
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- Animals, Biodiversity, Soil, South America, Ecosystem, Forests
- Abstract
Ants, an ecologically successful and numerically dominant group of animals, play key ecological roles as soil engineers, predators, nutrient recyclers, and regulators of plant growth and reproduction in most terrestrial ecosystems. Further, ants are widely used as bioindicators of the ecological impact of land use. We gathered information of ant species in the Atlantic Forest of South America. The ATLANTIC ANTS data set, which is part of the ATLANTIC SERIES data papers, is a compilation of ant records from collections (18,713 records), unpublished data (29,651 records), and published sources (106,910 records; 1,059 references), including papers, theses, dissertations, and book chapters published from 1886 to 2020. In total, the data set contains 153,818 ant records from 7,636 study locations in the Atlantic Forest, representing 10 subfamilies, 99 genera, 1,114 ant species identified with updated taxonomic certainty, and 2,235 morphospecies codes. Our data set reflects the heterogeneity in ant records, which include ants sampled at the beginning of the taxonomic history of myrmecology (the 19th and 20th centuries) and more recent ant surveys designed to address specific questions in ecology and biology. The data set can be used by researchers to develop strategies to deal with different macroecological and region-wide questions, focusing on assemblages, species occurrences, and distribution patterns. Furthermore, the data can be used to assess the consequences of changes in land use in the Atlantic Forest on different ecological processes. No copyright restrictions apply to the use of this data set, but we request that authors cite this data paper when using these data in publications or teaching events., (© 2021 The Authors. Ecology © 2021 The Ecological Society of America.)
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- 2022
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