The impact of wood ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on the structure of invertebrate community on mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 429-446

  Punttila, Pekka ^a   Niemelä, Pekka ^b   Karhu, Kari ^c  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Biodata   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANT; CANOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; INVERTEBRATE; PREDATION;

EURASIA; LAPLAND;

APHIDIDAE; BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; DREPANOSIPHIDAE; EPIRRITA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; FORMICA; FORMICA AQUILONIA; FORMICIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; SYMYDOBIUS;

EID: 2342506373     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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