A rainforest ant mosaic: The edge effect (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 385-396

  Dejean, A ^a   Gibernau, M ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Jardin Botanique de Montréal ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

African rainforest; Arboreal ant mosaic; Forest edge; Homoptera

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034354876     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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