Ant biodiversity in semiarid landscape mosaics: The consequences of grazing vs. natural heterogeneity

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1123-1140

  Bestelmeyer, B T ^a   Wiens, J A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Canonical correspondence analysis; Desert grassland; Diversity; Formicidae; Grazing; Habitat classification; Shortgrass steppe; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRAZING; HABITAT MOSAIC; SOIL PROPERTY;

ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 0034903646     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[1123:ABISLM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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