Quality of agroecological matrix in a tropical montane landscape: Ants in coffee plantations in Southern Mexico

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 174-182

  Perfecto, Ivette ^a   Vandermeer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MATRIX; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEXICO;

FORMICIDAE; NOTOLABRUS CELIDOTUS; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 0036188349     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.99536.x     Document Type: Article

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