The diversity and abundance of ants in relation to forest disturbance and plantation establishment in southern Cameroon

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-30

  Watt, Allan D ^a   Stork, Nigel E ^b,c   Bolton, Barry ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest canopy; Formicidae; Leaf litter; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CLEARANCE; PLANTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CAMEROON;

ARTHROPODA; COMBRETACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TECHNOMYRMEX; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA IVORENSIS;

EID: 0036196734     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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