Species richness and structure of ant communities in a dynamic archipelago: Effects of island area and age

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-227

  Badano, Ernesto I ^a,b   Regidor, Héctor A ^b   Núñez, Hector A ^b,c   Acosta, Rebeca ^b   Gianoli, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^c Government of Salta Province   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ant communities; Competitive exclusion; Disturbance; Dynamic archipelago; Habitat fragmentation; Island age; Island biogeography; Species assembly

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ARGENTINA; CABRA CORRAL DAM; SALTA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 13444280559     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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