The impact of wood ants (Formica rufa) on the distribution and abundance of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Scots pine plantation

Oecologia

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 612-619

  Hawes, C ^a,b   Stewart, A J A ^c   Evans, H F ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; Competition; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PITFALL TRAP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ABAX; ABAX PARALLELEPIPEDUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICA; FORMICA RUFA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 0036944412     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0916-6     Document Type: Article

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