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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S1870-34532022000100316</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/ib.20078706e.2022.93.3900</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Community structure of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in an open habitat: the importance of environmental heterogeneity and interspecific interactions]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Estructura de la comunidad de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en un habitat abierto: la importancia de la heterogeneidad ambiental y las interacciones interespecíficas]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Kuchenbecker]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juliana]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cuevas-Reyes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pablo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fagundes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcílio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Departamento de Genética Ecologia e Evolução]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo Laboratorio de Ecología de Interacciones Bióticas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Morelia Michoacán]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros Campus Universitário Prof. Darcy Ribeiro Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montes Claros MG]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>93</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532022000100316&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532022000100316&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532022000100316&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Ant species are highly sensitive to environmental changes, and ant community structure can be shaped by environmental heterogeneity and interspecific interactions. We tested 2 hypotheses: (1) vegetation structure negatively affecting ant diversity in simplified habitats and (2) interspecific interactions shaping ant communities. We collected ants on shrubs distributed in 16 sampling units of 100 m2 using the entomological umbrella and beating technique in a regenerating Cerrado area of Brazil. The richness, abundance and average height of the plants were used as a measure of environmental heterogeneity. A total of 457 ants belonging to 17 species were sampled. We observed higher ant species richness in plots with greater plant abundance and lower plant height. We observed a negative relationship between ant abundance and plant height per plot. These results corroborate that vegetation structure negatively affects ant diversity in simplified habitats. The observed values of co-occurrence index differed from the expected values of simulated matrices, suggesting that competition shaping ant community in simplified habitats. We highlight the importance of conserving small trees, especially in structurally less complex habitats, because they represent key elements that harbor high ant species diversity.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Las hormigas son sensibles a cambios ambientales y la estructura de la comunidad puede ser moldeada por la heterogeneidad ambiental y las interacciones interespecíficas. Probamos 2 hipótesis: (1) la estructura de la vegetación afecta negativamente la diversidad de hormigas en hábitats simplificados y (2) las interacciones interespecíficas dan forma a las comunidades de hormigas. Colectamos hormigas en arbustos de 16 unidades de muestreo de 100 m2 utilizando paraguas entomológicos y bateo en un área en regeneración de Cerrado, Brasil. La riqueza, abundancia y altura promedio de plantas se utilizaron como medida de heterogeneidad ambiental. Muestreamos 457 hormigas de 17 especies. Observamos una mayor riqueza de especies en parcelas con mayor abundancia de plantas y menor altura, y una relación negativa entre la abundancia y la altura de plantas. Corroboramos que la estructura de la vegetación afecta negativamente la diversidad de hormigas en hábitats simplificados. Los valores observados del índice de coexistencia difirieron de lo esperado en matrices simuladas, sugiriendo que la competencia moldea la comunidad de hormigas en hábitats simplificados. Destacamos la importancia de conservar árboles pequeños en hábitats menos complejos, porque representan elementos clave que albergan una gran diversidad.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ant diversity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Community organization]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Habitat heterogeneity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Species co-occurrence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vegetation structure]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Diversidad de hormigas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Organización de la comunidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Heterogeneidad del hábitat]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Coexistencia de especies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Estructura de la vegetación]]></kwd>
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