The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Polynesia revisited: Species numbers and the importance of sampling intensity

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-84

  Morrison, Lloyd W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT FAUNA; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SAMPLING;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030304970     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00157.x     Document Type: Article

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