Determining Factors of Arboreal Ant Mosaics in Cerrado Vegetation (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-68

  Ribas, Carla R ^a   Schoereder, José H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Competition; Formicidae; Species specific relationships; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 3142762390     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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