Diversity of epigeal ants in organic and conventional cultivation of Citrus sinensis in southern Brazil
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Ecology, Abundance, Structure, RichnessAbstract
Ants are a key group in the physiology of citrus groves, as they can benefit them by attacking herbivores, or harm them, by protecting sap-suckers. Thus, the objective was to compare the structure of ant assemblages from two citrus orchards (conventional and organic), through abundance, richness, diversity and composition of species, sampled by pitfall traps, in Paranavaí/PR. Organic cultivation contained three times more exclusive species and twice as many specialist hunting species than conventional cultivation. It is deduced that pesticides act by making the prey of specialist hunters unavailable, so that species composition may be more important for understanding the structure of citrus groves than diversity, richness and abundance in studies with pesticides in tropical environments. It is inferred that organic crops have a greater capacity to maintain local diversity than conventional crops.
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