Tree heterogeneity, resource availability, and larger scale processes regulating arboreal ant species richness

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-314

  Ribas, Carla R ^a   Schoereder, José H ^a   Pic, Mireille ^a   Soares, Sandra M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerrado; Community ecology; Formicidae; Local species richness; Savanna; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

BRAZIL;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0038208336     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01290.x     Document Type: Article

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