Colonisation of a burned forest by ants in the Southern Finnish boreal forest

Silva Fennica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-435

  Punttila, Pekka ^a   Haila, Yrjö ^b  

^a Division of Population Biology   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ant communities; Boreal forests; Competition; Forest fires; Succession

Indexed keywords

FORMICA RUFA; FORMICIDAE; MYRMICA RUGINODIS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 0030320012     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.a8502     Document Type: Article

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