The effects of land use on the structure of ground-foraging ant communities in the Argentine Chaco

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1225-1240

  Bestelmeyer, Brandon T ^a   Wiens, John A ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Argentina; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Chaco; Conservation; Disturbance by grazing; Formicidae; Functional groups, ants; Semiarid ant habitats

Indexed keywords

ANT COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARGENTINA, CHACO;

FORELIUS NIGRIVENTRIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030422499     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269603     Document Type: Article

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