Biogeography of Puerto Rican ants: A Non-equilibrium case?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1103-1121

  Torres, Juan A ^a,b   Snelling, Roy R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Equilibrium; Extinction; Insects; Island; Tropics

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030794652     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018332117719     Document Type: Article

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