@article {519,
	title = {Impact of the Little Fire Ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, on Native Forest Ants in Gabon1},
	journal = {Biotropica},
	volume = {38},
	year = {2006},
	pages = {666-673},
	abstract = {The Neotropical little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, is notorious for its negative impacts on the native biota of tropical islands, such as the Galapagos and New Caledonia, where it has been introduced.Here, I evaluate the impact of exoticW. auropunctata populations on continental Africa. I surveyed ants at nine sites in Lop{\textasciiacute} National Park in Gabon, Central Africa, and found a highly significant correlation between ant diversity and length of infestation byW. auropunctata.Ifoundmany e more native ant species present in areas not infested with W. auropunctata (39.0 {\textpm} 4.6) compared with areas infested by W. auropunctata for approximately 5{\textendash}10 yr (7.0 {\textpm} 6.2 and 1.7 {\textpm} 1.2, respectively). In infested areas, W. auropunctata made up the bulk of specimens collected in every plot. This study demonstrates that the threat posed by W. auropunctata to biodiversity is as serious in continental ecosystems as it is in the more fragile island ecosystems of previous studies. Introductions near waterways are particularly devastating: in Lop{\'e}, the infested territory is most extensive along waterways and occurs in a pattern that strongly suggest moving water facilitates colonization.},
	keywords = {biodiversity, congo basin, equatorial africa, exotic ants, gabon, invasive species, wasmannia auropunctata},
	author = {Walker, Kendra L.}
}
@article {400,
	title = {Extraordinary Predation by the Neotropical Army Ant Cheliomyrmex andicola: Implications for the Evolution of the Army Ant Syndrome1},
	journal = {Biotropica},
	volume = {37},
	year = {2005},
	pages = {706-709},
	abstract = {Workers of the genus Cheliomyrmex are unique among the New world army ants (subfamily Ecitoninae) in that their mandibles are armed with elongate, spine-like teeth.We present the first prey records for this genus. Cheliomyrmex andicola prey on large-bodied ground dwelling invertebrates and, possibly, on vertebrates. Unlike other army ants, C. andicola workers use their sting during prey capture. The workers{\textquoteright} unusual mandibles and potent stings may be adapted for piercing and gripping the integument of nonarthropod prey animals, and for rapidly subduing large-bodied prey, respectively. The genus Cheliomyrmex may be the sister taxon to other Neotropical army ants (Ecitoninae), and Cheliomyrmex shares features of mandibular morphology and prey selection withOldWorld driver ants in the genus Dorylus. Mass cooperative foraging, an important element of army ant behavior, may have arisen in part as an adaptation for exploiting large-bodied prey},
	keywords = {a mong eusocial insects, army ants exhibit an, ecitoninae, ecuador, foraging behavior that involves, groups of workers, large, mandibular modification, raid parties that comprise, sting, the obligate coordination of, thousands to hun-, unusual type of},
	author = {O{\textquoteright}Donnell, S. and Kaspari, M. and Lattke, J.}
}
@article {294,
	title = {Ants of Forest and Fallow Plots in Nigeria},
	journal = {Biotropica},
	volume = {29},
	year = {1997},
	pages = {93-99},
	abstract = {Pitfall traps were used to monitor the activity of ants in a forest floor and a one-year-old fallow plot in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, at monthly intervals between November 1980 and October 1981. Similar studies were carried out between October 1987 and June 1988. These studies also included manual collection of ants from the floor of the experimental plots. Of all the 10 species of ants recorded, Pbeihk rrassinoda was the most abundant in the forest and fallow plots both in 1980-81 and 1987-88. R rrassinoda accounted for 52 percent and 88 percent of the ant populations collected manually from the forest and fallow plots respectively between December 1987 and June 1988. This species was also significantly higher in the pitfall catches of the fallow than the forest plots. Pitfall traps were not effective in sampling the populations of the belligerent Doryfus nigricans. The data are consistent with the widely accepted notion that forested areas support less ants than unforested areas. Differences in physical habitat characteristics, food availability, nesting habits, predation and microenvironmental factors were considered responsible for the differences in activities and abundance of ants in the forest and fallow plots.},
	author = {Ewuim, Sylvanus C. and Badejd, M. Adetola and Ajayi, Olawale O.}
}
@article {278,
	title = {Rainfall Influences Ant Sampling in Dry Forests},
	journal = {Biotropica},
	volume = {40},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {590-596},
	author = {Delsinne, T. and Leponce, M. and Theunis, L. and Braet, Y. and Roisin, Y.}
}
