Undecomposed Twigs in the Leaf Litter as Nest-Building Resources for Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Areas of the Atlantic Forest in the Southeastern Region of Brazil

Table 1

Locations of sampling sites in southeastern São Paulo state, Brazil.

Municipality	Sampling sites (acronym)	Geographical coordinates	Altitude (m)	Size* (ha)
Salesópolis	Ribeirão do Campo Dam (RC)	S 23°38′10′′; W 45°49′57′′	780	200
	Ponte Nova Dam (PN)	S 23°34′19′′; W 45°44′10′′	783	200
	Reserva do Incra (RI)	S 23°36′39′′; W 45°49′47′′	750	130
	Estação Biológica de Boracéia (EBB)	S 23°31′56′′; W 45°50′47′′	780	96
	Museum of Energy Dam (ME)	S 23°33′47′′; W 45°50′10′′	790	100
Mogi das Cruzes	Municipal Natural Park Francisco Affonso de Mello (PNMFAM)	S 23°31′22′′; W 46°11′16′′	810	350
	Itapeti Ecological Station (EEI)	S 23°30′33′′; W 46°14′14′′	820	89
	Legal Reserve (RL)	S 23°30′35′′; W 46°14′22′′	830	104
	Agro-Environmental Nucleus (NA)	S 23°29′47′′; W 46°12′27′′	810	20
	Fazenda Santo Alberto (SA)	S 23°26′21′′; W 46°09′50′′	690	130

*Approximate size of the sampling areas.