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Diversity of ground-dwelling ants in sugarcane plantations under different management systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

Débora Rodrigues de Souza-Campana ,
Rogério R. Silva ,
Odair Aparecido Fernandes ,
Bianca Sayuri Futikami ,
Odair Correa Bueno ,
Luan Alberto Odorizzi dos Santos  and
Maria Santina de Castro Morini
Débora Rodrigues de Souza-Campana
Affiliation:
UMC-NCA-LAMAT, Center of Environmental Sciences, Laboratory of Myrmecology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Av. Cândido Xavier Almeida e Souza, 200, Mogi das Cruzes, SP08780-911, Brazil
Rogério R. Silva
Affiliation:
MPEG, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordination of Earth Sciences and Ecology, Av. Perimetral, 1901, Belém, Pará66077-830, Brazil
Odair Aparecido Fernandes
Affiliation:
São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Jaboticabal, Rod. Prof. Paulo D. Castellane km 5, Jaboticabal, SP14884-900, Brazil
Bianca Sayuri Futikami
Affiliation:
MPEG, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordination of Earth Sciences and Ecology, Av. Perimetral, 1901, Belém, Pará66077-830, Brazil
Odair Correa Bueno
Affiliation:
UNESP-IB-CEIS, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute of Biosciences, Center for Studies on Social Insects, Av. 24 A,1515, Rio Claro, SP13506-900, Brazil
Luan Alberto Odorizzi dos Santos
Affiliation:
Associated Colleges of Uberaba (FAZU), Av. do Tutuna, 720, Uberaba, MG38061-500, Brazil
Maria Santina de Castro Morini*
Affiliation:
UMC-NCA-LAMAT, Center of Environmental Sciences, Laboratory of Myrmecology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Av. Cândido Xavier Almeida e Souza, 200, Mogi das Cruzes, SP08780-911, Brazil
*
Author for correspondence: Maria Santina de Castro Morini, Email: mscmorini@gmail.com
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Abstract

In this study, we compared the richness of ground-dwelling ants among three different sugarcane management systems (with the application of the insecticide fipronil and the addition of vinasse; with fipronil and no vinasse; and with vinasse and no fipronil, i.e., an organic production system) to evaluate whether the feeding/foraging types vary according to the management system. We tested the hypothesis that organic management increases species diversity because there is no use of chemical inputs. Estimated species richness was significantly higher in the organic management system than in the systems that used fipronil with vinasse. Generalists species were prevalent in all sugarcane fields, regardless of the production system, whereas predatory and fungivorous species were infrequent. However, the organically managed field had many predatory species. Our results suggest that fipronil with vinasse in sugarcane cultivation alters the ant community, possibly disrupting the functions performed by the edaphic fauna, such as control of arthropod crop pests, due to reduced predator species richness.

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Agricultural intensificationinsecticideFormicidaesustainable managementsoil management
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Research Article
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 38 , Issue 4 , July 2022 , pp. 165 - 170
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