Response of ant communities to sand dune vegetation burning in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 631-641

  Teixeira, Marcos C ^a   Schoereder, José H ^b   Nascimento, Jaciara T ^a   Louzada, Júlio N C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Disturbance; Fire; Formicidae; Restinga

Indexed keywords

ATTA ROBUSTA; ECTATOMMA MUTICUM; ECTATOMMA PERMAGNUM; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PACHYCONDYLA STIGMA;

EID: 18944393143     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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