Effects of Camponotus punctulatus ants on plant community composition and soil properties across land-use histories

Plant Ecology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-13

  Folgarait, P J ^a   Perelman, S ^b   Gorosito, N ^a   Pizzio, R ^c   Fernandez J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Edaphic changes; Formicidae; Indicator species; Multivariate analysis; Succession

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTY;

ARGENTINA;

ANIMALIA; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS PUNCTULATUS; DIGITARIA ERIANTHA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SETARIA SPHACELATA;

EID: 0036426982     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020323813841     Document Type: Article

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