The effects of fire on ant communities in north-western Patagonia: The importance of habitat structure and regional context

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 235-243

  Farji Brener, Alejandro G ^a   Corley, J C ^b   Bettinelli, J ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ants; Disturbance; Diversity; Fire; Patagonia; Regional species pool; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; SPECIES POOL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036292414     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2002.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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