Litter ant patchiness at the 1-m2 scale: Disturbance dynamics in three Neotropical forests

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-273

  Kaspari, Michael ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Disturbance; Litter; Patchiness; Tropics

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

ARMY ANT; DISTURBANCE;

COSTA RICA; PANAMA, BARRO COLORADO ISLAND;

EID: 0029662615     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00327911     Document Type: Article

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