Size does matter - Effects of tropical rainforest fragmentation on the leaf litter ant community in Sabah, Malaysia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1371-1389

  Brühl, Carsten A ^a   Eltz, Thomas ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Formicidae; Isolation; Species loss

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LEAF LITTER; RAINFOREST;

MALAYSIA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0037572207     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023621609102     Document Type: Article

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