Distribución espacial de Cordyceps spp. (Ascomycotina: Clavicipitaceae) y su impacto sobre las hormigas en selvas del piedemonte amazónico de Colombia

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 945-955

  Sanjuán, Tatiana ^a   Henao, Luis Guillermo ^b   Amat, Germán ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b Fundación Inguedé   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Ants; Biological control; Camponotus; Cordyceps; Entomopathogenic fungi; Fungal ecology; Tropical ram forest

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; HYPOCREALES; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONS; TREES;

EID: 0042697421     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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