Ant communities in taiga clearcuts: Habitat effects and species interactions

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-28

  Punttila, Pekka ^a   Haila, Yrjö ^b   Tukia, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; FORMICA AQUILONIA; FORMICA FUSCA; FORMICA LEMANI; FORMICA LUGUBRIS; FORMICIDAE; FORMICA SANGUINEA; HYMENOPTERA;

ANT COMMUNITY; CLEARCUT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SLAVE-MAKING ANT; TAIGA;

FINLAND;

EID: 0030304968     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00151.x     Document Type: Article

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