Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) communities in reclaimed and unreclaimed brown coal mining spoil dumps in the Czech Republic

Pedobiologia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-357

  Holec, Michal ^a,b,c,d   Frouz, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c J E PURKINJE UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d Faculty of Environmental Studies   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ant; Coal mining; Spoil dumps; Succession

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MINE WASTE; SUCCESSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

FORMICA LEMANI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS FLAVUS; LASIUS NIGER; MANICA RUBIDA; MYRMICA RUBRA; MYRMICA RUGINODIS; SALIX; SALIX CAPREA;

EID: 21944435962     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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