Reduced diversity and complexity in the leaf-litter ant assemblage of Colombian coffee plantations

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 897-907

  Armbrecht, Inge ^a,b   Rivera, Leonardo ^a   Perfecto, Ivette ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Ant associations; Biodiversity loss; Leaf litter ants; Shaded coffee

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANT; COFFEE; COMPLEXITY; PLANTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 20044370526     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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