Deforestation reduces nest mound size and decreases the production of sexual offspring in the wood ant Formica aquilonia

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-267

  Sorvari, Jouni ^a,b   Hakkarainen, Harri ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; NEST STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION;

FORMICA AQUILONIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 22144451140     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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