Diversidad de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en un gradiente sucesional del bosque nublado (Nariño, Colombia)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 189-201

  Catalina Estrada, M ^a   Fernando Fernandez C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Ants; Cloud forest; Colombia; Disturbance; Indicator species; Successional stages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042729902     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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