Association between ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and habitat characteristics in oak-dominated mixed forests

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 842-848

  Wang, C ^a   Strazanac, J S ^a   Butler, L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Forest; Formicidae; Habitat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; MIXED FOREST; PITFALL TRAP; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

APHAENOGASTER RUDIS; FORMICA NEOGAGATES; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034771590     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-30.5.842     Document Type: Article

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