Does fragmentation alter species composition in ant communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)?

Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 329-342

  Sobrinho, Tathiana G ^a   Schoereder, José H ^a   Sperber, Carlos F ^a   Madureira, Marcelo S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deforestation; Formicidae; Invasion; Landscape ecology; Species composition

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0042198955     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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