Effects of the pesticides chlorpyriphos, metsulfuron-methyl, and thiamethoxam on ant communities in wheat crop
Ants are important components of food webs in several ecosystems. In anthropic areas, they can be used as bioindicators of the environmental impacts caused by many factors or in the evaluation of the dynamics of the recovery of an area after a certain disturbance. In this context, ants can be used a...
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| author | Emerson Cristi de Barros Rômulo Augusto Cotta Dângelo Fernanda Freitas Sousa Jose Augusto Amorim Silva do Sacramento Paulo Sérgio Taube Júnior João Marcos Pereira Galúcio Sorrel Godinho Barbosa de Souza |
| author_facet | Emerson Cristi de Barros Rômulo Augusto Cotta Dângelo Fernanda Freitas Sousa Jose Augusto Amorim Silva do Sacramento Paulo Sérgio Taube Júnior João Marcos Pereira Galúcio Sorrel Godinho Barbosa de Souza |
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| description | Ants are important components of food webs in several ecosystems. In anthropic areas, they can be used as bioindicators of the environmental impacts caused by many factors or in the evaluation of the dynamics of the recovery of an area after a certain disturbance. In this context, ants can be used as bioindicators in studies on the evaluation of environmental disturbances caused by pesticide use. Thus, the present work investigated the environmental impacts caused by the application of the insecticides chlorpyriphos and thiamethoxam and the herbicide metsulfuron-methyl in the community of ants in wheat crop (Triticum aestivum L.). The data were collected by pitfall traps and Berlese funnels. A Principal Response Curve was used for a relative abundance analysis. In addition, diversity index and richness were calculated for ant communities. The presence of six families, 11 tribes, 15 genera, and 19 morphospecies of ants belonging to the guilds of fungivorous, omnivorous, and predaceous ants were observed in the soil of the wheat crop. The insecticides chlorpyriphos and thiamethoxam reduced the richness, diversity, and relative abundance of ants of all the guilds on the surface and inside the soil. The effect of the herbicide metsulfuron-methyl on the community of ants was lower than the impact of the insecticides on these insects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f53ef26ef2ce404c9112c3659e0c834f2022-12-22T03:44:25ZengUniversidade Federal de UberlândiaBioscience Journal1981-31632022-08-0138e38051e3805110.14393/BJ-v38n0a2022-5593729628Effects of the pesticides chlorpyriphos, metsulfuron-methyl, and thiamethoxam on ant communities in wheat cropEmerson Cristi de Barros0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9044-7994Rômulo Augusto Cotta Dângelo1Fernanda Freitas Sousa2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6763-7837Jose Augusto Amorim Silva do Sacramento3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8839-2189Paulo Sérgio Taube Júnior4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5786-7615João Marcos Pereira Galúcio5Sorrel Godinho Barbosa de Souza6Universidade Federal de ViçosaUniversidade Federal de ViçosaUniversidade Federal de Viçosa Universidade Federal do Oeste do ParáUniversidade Federal do Oeste do ParáUniversidade Federal do Oeste do ParáUniversidade Federal do Oeste do ParáAnts are important components of food webs in several ecosystems. In anthropic areas, they can be used as bioindicators of the environmental impacts caused by many factors or in the evaluation of the dynamics of the recovery of an area after a certain disturbance. In this context, ants can be used as bioindicators in studies on the evaluation of environmental disturbances caused by pesticide use. Thus, the present work investigated the environmental impacts caused by the application of the insecticides chlorpyriphos and thiamethoxam and the herbicide metsulfuron-methyl in the community of ants in wheat crop (Triticum aestivum L.). The data were collected by pitfall traps and Berlese funnels. A Principal Response Curve was used for a relative abundance analysis. In addition, diversity index and richness were calculated for ant communities. The presence of six families, 11 tribes, 15 genera, and 19 morphospecies of ants belonging to the guilds of fungivorous, omnivorous, and predaceous ants were observed in the soil of the wheat crop. The insecticides chlorpyriphos and thiamethoxam reduced the richness, diversity, and relative abundance of ants of all the guilds on the surface and inside the soil. The effect of the herbicide metsulfuron-methyl on the community of ants was lower than the impact of the insecticides on these insects.https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/55937formicidaeherbicideinsectinsecticidetriticum aestivum. |
| spellingShingle | Emerson Cristi de Barros Rômulo Augusto Cotta Dângelo Fernanda Freitas Sousa Jose Augusto Amorim Silva do Sacramento Paulo Sérgio Taube Júnior João Marcos Pereira Galúcio Sorrel Godinho Barbosa de Souza Effects of the pesticides chlorpyriphos, metsulfuron-methyl, and thiamethoxam on ant communities in wheat crop Bioscience Journal formicidae herbicide insect insecticide triticum aestivum. |
| title | Effects of the pesticides chlorpyriphos, metsulfuron-methyl, and thiamethoxam on ant communities in wheat crop |
| title_full | Effects of the pesticides chlorpyriphos, metsulfuron-methyl, and thiamethoxam on ant communities in wheat crop |
| title_fullStr | Effects of the pesticides chlorpyriphos, metsulfuron-methyl, and thiamethoxam on ant communities in wheat crop |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of the pesticides chlorpyriphos, metsulfuron-methyl, and thiamethoxam on ant communities in wheat crop |
| title_short | Effects of the pesticides chlorpyriphos, metsulfuron-methyl, and thiamethoxam on ant communities in wheat crop |
| title_sort | effects of the pesticides chlorpyriphos metsulfuron methyl and thiamethoxam on ant communities in wheat crop |
| topic | formicidae herbicide insect insecticide triticum aestivum. |
| url | https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/55937 |
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