Composition and trophic structure of detrital food web in ant nest mounds of Formica aquilonia and in the surrounding forest soil

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 266-278

  Laakso, Jouni ^a   Setälä, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT NEST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; RED WOOD ANT; SOIL FAUNA; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

FORMICA AQUILONIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 2642702590     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3547047     Document Type: Article

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