Accumulation of phosphorus in nests of red wood ants Formica s. str.

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-275

  Frouz, Jan ^a   Kalčík, Jiří ^a   Cudlín, Pavel ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FOREST SOIL; NEST SITE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL NUTRIENT;

FORMICA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 22144445318     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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