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Temperature drives caste-specific morphological clines in ants.

Author(s): Brassard F, Francoeur A, Lessard JP

1. The morphology of organisms relates to most aspects of their life history and autecology. As such, elucidating the drivers of morphological variation along environmental gradients might give insight into processes limiting species distributions. In eusoc...

Article GUID: 32858759
The Odonata of Quebec: Specimen data from seven collections.

Author(s): Favret C, Moisan-De Serres J, Larrivée M, Lessard JP

Biodivers Data J. 2020;8:e49450 Authors: Favret C, Moisan-De Serres J, Larrivée M, Lessard JP

Article GUID: 32174757
Shared mycorrhizae but distinct communities of other root-associated microbes on co-occurring native and invasive maples.

Author(s): DeBellis T, Kembel SW, Lessard JP

PeerJ. 2019;7:e7295 Authors: DeBellis T, Kembel SW, Lessard JP

Article GUID: 31392089
Ant community response to disturbance: A global synthesis.

Author(s): Lessard JP

J Anim Ecol. 2019 Mar;88(3):346-349 Authors: Lessard JP

Article GUID: 30854640
Title:Ant community response to disturbance: A global synthesis.
Authors:Lessard JP
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30854640?dopt=Abstract
Category:J Anim Ecol
PMID:30854640
Dept Affiliation: BIOLOGY
1 Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Ant community response to disturbance: A global synthesis.

J Anim Ecol. 2019 Mar;88(3):346-349

Authors: Lessard JP

Abstract

In Focus: Andersen, A. N. (2019). Responses of ant communities to disturbance: Five principles for understanding the disturbance dynamics of a globally dominant faunal group. Journal of Animal Ecology 88, 350-362. Disturbance is a key driver of ecosystem dynamics. Whereas plant community responses to disturbance are relatively well understood, the same does not hold for animals. With rapid changes affecting our world's ecosystems, predicting the response of important ecological groups to ongoing disturbance should be a focus. In particular, ants are ecosystem engineers that create habitats for other organisms and have a crucial role to play in nutrient cycling. Nevertheless, our understanding of ant community response to disturbance is, at best, fragmented. Moreover, how ant communities respond to disturbance on a global scale appears highly idiosyncratic. The perspective article by Andersen (Journal of Animal Ecology 88, 350-362.) proposes five general principles that can help elucidate ant community response to disturbance. Specifically, this synthesis deepens our understanding of how contemporary disturbances, ecological processes and the evolutionary and biogeographic history of lineages interact to influence ant community structure.

PMID: 30854640 [PubMed - in process]