Trophic ecology of the arboreal and ground ant communities in forests and savannas of central Brazil

• Published in: Ecological entomology Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 936 - 945
• Main Authors: Vieira, Jésica, Camarota, Flávio, Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Ants; Availability; Brazil; Carbohydrates; Carbon; Carbon sources; Cerrado; diet; Ecology; entomology; Exudates; Food; Food chains; Food webs; Foraging habitats; Forest communities; Forests; Formicidae; Grasslands; Habitats; Insects; Nesting; Nutrient availability; Nutrients; resource use; Savannahs; savannas; Species; Stable isotopes; Strata; trophic level; vertical stratification; Brazil

1. The trophic ecology of organisms is often mediated by habitat characteristics. Ants are key organisms of most food webs, and their diet can be plastic depending on the relative availability of different nutrients. 2. Using stable isotope analysis, we investigated whether there were differences in...