Community structure and the habitat templet: Ants in the tropical forest canopy and litter

Oikos

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 259-266

  Yanoviak, S P ^a,b   Kaspari, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; CANOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LITTER; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0034120842     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890206.x     Document Type: Article

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