The role of ant nest-mounds in maintaining small-scale patchiness in dry grasslands in Central Germany

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1293-1307

  Dean, W R J ^a,b,c   Milton, S J ^a,c   Klotz, S ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Tierberg Karoo Research Centre   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Ant mounds; Bioassay; Calluna vulgaris; Formica rufibarbis; Lasius alienus; Lasius flavus; Set aside lands

Indexed keywords

ANT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT PATCHINESS; NEST MOUND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GERMANY; GIMRITZ; HALLE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CERASTIUM ARVENSE; FORMICA RUFIBARBIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS ALIENUS; LASIUS FLAVUS; POACEAE; THYMUS SERPYLLUM;

EID: 0030865214     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018313025896     Document Type: Article

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