Maurice Tindo

TL;DR: The evolutionary genetics of introduced populations of the invasive ant Wasmannia auropunctata at a worldwide scale are studied, and it is suggested that invasive clonal populations may have evolved within human modified habitats in the native range, and spread further from there.

TL;DR: The observations suggest lack of a drastic effect on S. frugiperda infestations on maize, and two strains are present in all agroecological zones in Cameroon, and probably in neighboring countries of central Africa sharing the same Agroecologies.

TL;DR: This study shows that populations of P. megacephala in Cameroon adopt a unicolonial social structure, like invasive populations in Australia, however, the size of the supercolonies appears several orders of magnitude smaller in Africa, which implies competition between African supercolony and explains why they persist over evolutionary time scales.

TL;DR: A scenario based on local adaptation in the native range before introduction in remote areas represents the most parsimonious hypothesis to account for the observed phenotypic pattern and highlights the importance of human land use in explaining major contemporary evolutionary changes.

TL;DR: It is indicated that forest conversion into mixed-crop fields reduce ant diversity and it can also increase abundance of species with generalized diet that predominates where stress and disturbance limits other ants.