The effects of fire, local environment and time on ant assemblages in fens and forests

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 487-497

  Ratchford, Jaime S ^a   Wittman, Sarah E ^b   Jules, Erik S ^a   Ellison, Aaron M ^c   Gotelli, Nicholas J ^b   Sanders, Nathan J ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Community similarity; Community structure; Darlingtonia; Fire; Habitat complexity; Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 28144463067     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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