Myrmecofauna of lucidophyllous forests in different developmental stages in south-western Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-138

  Touyama, Yoshifumi ^a   Nakagoshi, Nobukazu ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Forestry Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Habitat parameter; Lucidophyllous forest; Myrmecofaunal diversity

Indexed keywords

ANT FAUNA; DISTURBANCE INTENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

JAPAN;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030873985     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02523778     Document Type: Article

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