Diversity and abundance of understorey plants on active and abandoned nests of leaf-cutting ants (Atta cephalotes) in a Costa Rican rain forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-26

  Garrettson, Mariana ^a   Stetzel, J F ^a   Halpern, Ben S ^a   Hearn, David J ^a   Lucey, Brendan T ^a   Mckone, Mark J ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant nest; Atta cephalotes; Costa Rican rain forest; Disturbance; Gap; Insect herbivory; Leaf cutting ants; Plant species diversity; Seedling recruitment; Understorey vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANT NEST; LEF-CUTTING ANT; RAINFOREST; UNDERSTOREY PLANT;

COSTA RICA, LE SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION;

ATTA CEPHALOTES; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031894279     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000029     Document Type: Article

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