Influence of leaf-cutting ant nests on secondary forest growth and soil properties in Amazonia

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1265-1276

  Moutinho, P ^a   Nepstad, D C ^a,b   Davidson, E A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Bioturbation; Forest succession; Tropical forest; Tropical soil

Indexed keywords

ANT; DEFORESTATION; GROWTH; SOIL PROPERTY; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS; BANARA; BANARA GUIANENSIS; CECROPIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0344154612     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1265:IOLANO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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