Influence of forest type and tree species on canopy ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Budongo Forest, Uganda

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 224-232

  Schulz, Andreas ^b   Wagner, Thomas ^a  

^a Institut für Biologie ^*  (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arboreal ants; Biodiversity; Distribution pattern; Species richness; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

UGANDA;

CATAULACUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX; PHEIDOLE; POLYRHACHIS; TETRAMORIUM ACULEATUM; TETRAPONERA;

EID: 0036923397     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1010-9     Document Type: Article

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