The impacts of sprawl on biodiversity: The ant fauna of the lower Florida Keys

Ecology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Forys, Elizabeth A ^a   Allen, Craig R ^b  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinctions; Exurban development; Florida; Invasions; Nestedness; Sprawl

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NESTEDNESS; URBANIZATION;

FLORIDA KEYS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 27444447466     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01307-100125     Document Type: Article

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