Applying the ALL Protocol: Selected Case Studies

Abstract

Although the ALL Protocol put forward in this books was only recently developed and is published for the first time here, it is derived from the experiences of many myrmecologists and from numerous studies of ant diversity over the years. Before the development of this protocol, studies of ant diversity utilized a wide variety of methods. The ALL Protocol is the result of an extensive evaluation of these methods in different counties and under variety of conditions. The studies by Delabie et al. provided the strongest data for choosing methods for the ALL Protocol, but a number of other key studies were also influential in its development.