The influence of ants on the environment and their relationship with ecosystem components

Autor: Bogdan A. Mikhaleiko, Andrei S. Babenko, Aldynay O. Khovalyg, Sayana D. Mongush, Maria I. Dongak, Svetlana O. Kanzivaa, Sergey O. Ondar, Sergey N. Kirpotin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Acta Biologica Sibirica, Vol 10, Pp 901–919-901–919 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2412-1908
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13705509
Popis: Having a wide geographical distribution and, as an engineering species, actively transforming the landscapes they inhabit, ants have a significant impact on the environment, creating new biogenic landforms and changing a number of its parameters, including biotic ones. This review is devoted to the consideration of the diverse environment-forming activities of ants in different regions of the world. An analysis of the scientific literature carried out in this context revealed a clear disproportion between the fairly good knowledge of tropical regions and the insufficient knowledge of temperate latitudes. The environment-forming activity of ants actively populating grasslands removed from agricultural use: steppes, continental and floodplain meadows of temperate latitudes has been especially poorly studied, which determines the undoubted priority of this area of research.
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