Effects of Formica ants on soil fauna-results from a short-term exclusion and a long-term natural experiment

Oecologia

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-430

  Lenoir, Lisette ^a   Bengtsson, Jan ^a   Persson, Tryggve ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Araneae; Coleoptera; Collembola; Diptera; Formica rufa group

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; MIXED FOREST; PREDATION; SOIL FAUNA;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; FORMICA; FORMICA RUFA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0242418174     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1143-x     Document Type: Article

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