The importance of primary tropical rain forest for species diversity: An investigation using arboreal ants as an example

Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 559-567

  Floren, Andreas ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a Biozentrum ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance gradient; Canopy fogging; Colonization; Extinction; Local and regional species pool; Species associations

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 25144469334     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0272-8     Document Type: Article

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