Do ant mosaics exist in pristine lowland rain forests?

Oecologia

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-137

  Floren, Andreas ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arboreal ants; Canopy fogging; Complex community structure; Tropical lowland rain forest

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RAINFOREST;

ANIMALIA; APORUSA; ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 0034010113     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050998     Document Type: Article

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