Altitudinal patterns in a tropical ant assemblage and variation in species richness between habitats

Lundiana

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-109

  Araújo, Luzia Márcia ^a   Fernandes, G Wilson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Altitudinal Gradients; Ants; Cerrado; Diversity; Habitat Complexity

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ANT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0842301457     PISSN: 16766180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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