Ecosystem engineering in the arboreal realm: heterogeneity of wood-boring beetle cavities and their use by cavity-nesting ants - Priest, Galen V.; Camarota, Flávio; Powell, Scott; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.; Marquis, Robert J. (Oecologia, 2021)
Keywords: Animal behavior; Ants; Beetles; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Body size; Boring; Boring organisms; Branches; canopy; Cavities; Cavity nesting; cerrado; Coleoptera; Diameters; Distribution; Ecology; Ecosystems; Geographical distribution; head; Heterogeneity; Hole size; Hydrology/Water Resources; Larvae; Length; Life Sciences; Nesting; Nests; Plant cover; Plant Sciences; Plant species; PLANT-MICROBE-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS – ORIGINAL RESEARCH; Resources; Savannahs; savannas; Species; Stems; trees; Tropical climate; Wood; Cerrado Biome; Plant architecture; Cerrado; Arboreal ants; Tropical savannas; Resource use