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The Big Question: Quantifying the Ant population - identifying, assessing their diversity to monitor Environmental health.

Why ants as bioindicators?

• Diverse group.
• Make up a large proportion of biomass.
• Perform diverse ecological functions (seed dispersal, pollination, soil porosity, etc.).
• Easily identified as an ant when compared to other invertebrates.
• Play important role in establishment of food chains.
• Sensitive to climatic changes.

Indicators for following environmental impacts

• Forest fire.
• Deforestation.
• Agriculture intensification.
• Minning.
• Urbanization.

How?

Depending on ants' response to change in environment, they are classified into two categories:

1. Specialists species - have specific ecological requirements such as climate and vegetation structure, in order to inhabit an area.