Seasonal and spatial patterns in ground foraging ants in a rain forest in the Western Ghats, India

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 489-500

  Basu, Parthiba ^a,b  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Centre for Ecology and Rural Development   (India)

Author keywords

Ground foraging ants; India; Logged forest; Rain forest; Seasonal fluctuation; Spatial pattern; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001670951     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00043.x     Document Type: Article

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