Ecosystem functions of ants and dung beetles in agriculture‐dominated Amazonian riparian forests
Vanessa Soares Ribeiro,
José Henrique Schoereder,
Tathiana Guerra Sobrinho
et al.
Abstract:Land‐use changes and habitat fragmentation can alter biodiversity and associated ecosystem functions.
We investigated whether cropland expansion in south‐east Amazonia decreases ecosystem functions performed by ants and dung beetles by altering their communities.
We sampled both groups in two forest types, in south‐eastern Amazonia: undisturbed riparian forests and riparian forests surrounded by croplands. We sampled ants and dung beetles with epigaeic pitfall traps, and experimentally assessed seed removal an… Show more
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