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Werenkrut,Victoria; Pirk,Gabriela I; Lescano,María N; Benclowicz,José D; Elizalde,Luciana. |
Firewood can act as a long-distance dispersal vector for wood-infesting insects both within and among countries. Recently, we detected the alien carpenter ant Camponotus mus in firewood transported from central Argentina to Patagonia. This species generates significant economic losses in its native range and has invader potential. Moreover, global warming and the increasing anthropogenic disturbance in Patagonian ecosystems make them highly susceptible to insect invasions. This is especially alarming considering the current lack of sanitary controls of incoming goods into the region. To prevent insect introductions via firewood, it is crucial to implement a joint efort among the scientific community, control organisms, government and end user. |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Alien species; Camponotus mus; Long-distance dispersal; Non-native species; Social insects. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1667-782X2017000300011 |
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Gomes,Diego S.; Elizalde,Luciana; Queiroz,Jarbas M.. |
Parasitoids of the endangered leafcutter ant Atta robusta Borgmeier in urban and natural areas. Hosts of parasitoids in urban areas may suffer from a double threat of habitat destruction by urbanization and parasitism pressure. Moreover, the parasitoids themselves might be at risk if they are specialists. Here, we studied whether Atta robusta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), which is on the red list of Brazilian threatened species, suffers from higher parasitism pressure in an urban area compared to a natural one. In addition, we determined whether their specialist parasitoids, Eibesfeldtphora breviloba and Myrmosicarius exrobusta (Diptera, Phoridae), are in risk and evaluated whether they are influenced by habitat structure, temperature, humidity, ant traffic,... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Insecta; Leafcutters; Restinga; Urban ecology. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262013000300013 |
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