Patterns of diversity and composition of Mediterranean ground ant communities tracking spatial and temporal variability in the thermal environment

Oecologia

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 436-444

  Retana, Javier ^a   Cerdá, Xim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ant; Diversity; Spatial variability; Temporal fluctuations; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SPAIN;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034121620     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420051031     Document Type: Article

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