Arboreal ants as key predators in tropical lowland rainforest trees

Oecologia

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-144

  Floren, Andreas ^a   Biun, Alim ^b   Eduard Linsenmair, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Sabah Parks ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Canopy; Community structure; Ecosystem function; Fogging

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PREDATOR; RAINFOREST;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0036923848     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0874-z     Document Type: Article

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