Nathalia Sampaio Silva's research while affiliated with Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes and other places

... Solenopsis invicta is native to South America and is largely distributed in the Pantanal region, at the headwaters of the Paraguay River, an area composed of savannas and seasonally flooded wetlands; its distribution ranges from Porto Velho (Rondônia, north Brazil) to the extreme south of the country (Pitts et al. 2018). But its occurrence has been extending to regions of the Brazilian coast into areas of the Atlantic Domain through introductions by anthropogenic means, with the expansion being discussed as a result of a bottleneck effect (Nagatani et al. 2022;Ramalho et al. 2023). The species has gained worldwide recognition for its remarkable success as an invasive ant in southern United States, Asia and even Europe, earning its place among the top 100 most harmful invasive species globally, according to the IUCN/SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. ...

... For the present study, we used only data from plant-bee interactions. All recorded interactions were published in Boscolo et al. (2023). ...

... Ants are important components of edaphic communities and represent one of the most abundant populations in coffee systems (Teixeira;Silva;Mendonça, 2014;Guimarães et al., 2016;Sales;Baldiand;Queiroz, 2018). These insects have been used as bioindicators as they are sensitive to environmental changes, abundant and present in disturbed or undisturbed habitats (Brown-Junior, 2000;Philpott et al., 2010;Ribas et al., 2012;Rodríguez-de-León et al., 2019). ...

... Azteca species exhibit a range of nesting habits (Longino 2007). Many species in this genus keep mutualistic associations with their host plants, such as Cecropia Loefl., 1758 (Urticaceae), whose structure offers both shelter and food to the ants, which in return, give to the plant protection against herbivory (Hölldobler & Wilson 1990;Dejean et al. 2008;Oliveira et al. 2015;Carneiro et al. 2018;Nagatani et al. 2021). Others build carton nests with several chambers hanged on tree branches (Forel 1904;Bondar 1939;Cuezzo 2003). ...

... Wood is an important habitat for many species including ants, termites, beetles, and many other arthropods (Ulyshen 2016;King et al. 2018;Ulyshen & Sobotnik 2018). Wood -both living and dead -can provide suitable places for nest sites (Blüthgen & Feldhaar 2010;King et al. 2018;Ulyshen & Sobotnik 2018;Fernandes et al. 2020), and is a source of food, e.g., for some termites and beetles (Ulyshen 2016;Ulyshen & Sobotnik 2018). Decaying wood is also a good habitat for microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria (Ulyshen 2016;Ulyshen & Sobotnik 2018;Lupala et al. 2019). ...

... The latter are more restricted in their nature than museum collections and are usually the product of specific research projects. They give the researcher in charge and his or her research group quick and in-depth access to the species of a particular place or region (see Souza-Campana et al. 2020), and can be formed by different types of material. Local collections store information on the communities inhabiting a particular region, with its diverse landscapes and floristic formations. ...