Essays about: "Wood ants"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Wood ants.

  1. 1. Animal personality in ants : Does the red wood ant (Formica rufa) express personality traits?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Malin Sjöberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Animal personality; Scototaxis; Formica rufa;

    Abstract : A recent theory within behavioural ecology suggests that some animal behaviour traits are consistent over time and over different contexts as part of an animals’ “personality”. Animal personality has generally been accepted within vertebrates, but the idea of invertebrates expressing personality has long been meet with scepticism. READ MORE

  3. 2. The role of wood ants (Formica rufa) in the Arctic tundra and how climate change may alter this role

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    Author : Michael Meijer; [2020]
    Keywords : Wood ants; ants; mounds; climate change; arctic tundra; ecosystem; ecology; vegetation; arthropods;

    Abstract : In the Arctic tundra, wood ants play an important ecological role in aerating the soil, cycling nutrients, for seed dispersal and, as biological control by preying on forest pest insects during outbreaks. The increase in temperature, caused by climate change, is positively associated with ant abundance. READ MORE

  4. 3. The role of wood ants (Formica rufa) in the Arctic tundra and how climate change may alter this role

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Michael Meijer; [2020]
    Keywords : Wood ants; ants; mounds; climate change; arctic tundra; ecosystem; ecology; vegetation; arthropods;

    Abstract : In the Arctic tundra, wood ants play an important ecological role in aerating the soil, cycling nutrients, for seed dispersal and, as biological control by preying on forest pest insects during outbreaks. The increase in temperature, caused by climate change, is positively associated with ant abundance. READ MORE

  5. 4. Effects of triclopyr on wood ants (family Formica)

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Annika Karlsten; [2017]
    Keywords : triclopyr; scototaxis; ecotoxicology; behavior; Formica;

    Abstract : Chemical pollutants are one of the main threats against biodiversity and chemicals affecting non-target organisms are of great environmental concern. The herbicide triclopyr is commonly used to keep weeds under control and is believed to be weakly toxic to animals and only lethal in high doses. READ MORE

  6. 5. Restoration of natural disturbances: impact on distribution and performance of dominant ants (Formica spp.) by fire and gap dynamics

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Rebecca Larsson; [2015]
    Keywords : boreal forests; conservation management; honeydew harvesting efficiency; nest density; Sweden;

    Abstract : Disturbance regimes caused by fire and wind storms used to be common features in the Swedish boreal forests. However, due to an intense forest management, these events have declined rapidly. READ MORE