Effects of historical land use and forest patch size on myrmecochores and ant communities

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1364-1377

  Mitchell, Chris E ^a   Turner, Monica G ^a   Pearson, Scott M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MARS HILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Appalachian Mountains; Blue Ridge Mountains; Forest patch size; Fragmentation; Herbaceous vegetation; Land use; Myrmecochory; North Carolina

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; MYRMECOPHYTE; PATCH SIZE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; ZOOCHORY;

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

APHAENOGASTER FULVA; APHAENOGASTER RUDIS; CAMPONOTUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036825464     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1364:EOHLUA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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