Effects of forest disturbance on the structure of ground-foraging ant communities in central Amazonia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-420

  Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Ants; Forest clearing; Forest regeneration; Invertebrate conservation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CENTRAL AMAZONIA; FORAGING;

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033018033     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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