Changes in arboreal ant populations following pruning of coffee shade-trees in Chiapas, Mexico

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-224

  Philpott, Stacy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azteca; Biological control; Camponotus; Chiapas; Management system; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; PRUNING;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AZTECA; AZTECA INSTABILIS; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS SENEX TEXTOR; COFFEA ARABICA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 22144491591     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-004-2372-2     Document Type: Article

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