Biogeography at a regional scale: Determinants of ant species density in New England bogs and forests

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1604-1609

  Gotelli, Nicholas J ^a   Ellison, Aaron M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant species richness; Bog habitat; Forest habitat; Habitat complexity; Latitudinal gradient; New England; New World ants; Productivity gradients; Species density; Species energy relationship; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BOG; FOREST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0001182103     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1604:BAARSD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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