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ArticleNeotropical entomology2026

Effect of Bamboo Dominance on Leaf-Litter Ant Assemblages in the Southwestern Amazon Forest.

Fabiana Oliveira, Fernando Augusto Schmidt, Kelsy Ellen da Silva Vale, Francisco Matheus da Silva Sales, Luane Karoline Fontenele, Ketlen Bona, Henrique Augusto Mews, Rodrigo Machado Feitosa

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Fabiana OliveiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal Do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil.
Fernando Augusto SchmidtPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal Do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil. schmidt.fa@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3722-5196
Kelsy Ellen da Silva ValeCentro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal Do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil.
Francisco Matheus da Silva SalesPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal Do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil.
Luane Karoline FontenelePrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciência, Inovação e Tecnologia para Amazônia, Universidade Federal Do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil.
Ketlen BonaCentro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal Do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil.
Henrique Augusto MewsInstituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais, Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis, Rondonópolis, MT, Brazil.
Rodrigo Machado FeitosaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal Do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.

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Abstract

Bamboo density is a primary driver of changes in vegetation structure in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon, also affecting the forest litter, a significant and diverse component of which is ants. Here, we investigated the impact of bamboo dominance on litter ant assemblages with the following hypotheses: (i) bamboo patches have a more homogeneous and denser litter layer, (ii) which reduces the number of ant species, (iii) alters species composition, and (iv) results in smaller body sizes and simpler structures in litter ants. Additionally, bamboo patches are expected to have (v) a more open canopy, leading to (vi) a higher number of generalist and open-habitat specialist species compared to forest specialists. To test these hypotheses, we established 30 paired plots along the boundary between bamboo and non-bamboo habitats in an Amazon Forest fragment in Acre, Brazil. In each plot, we collected a 1 m

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