Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Magnoliophyta native to the Atlantic forest

Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 433-444

  Morini, Maria Santina De C ^c   Kamazuka, Nancy ^a   Leung, Roberto ^b   Suguituru, Silvia S ^a   Da Silva, Luciane F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Angiospermae; Ant; Euphorbiaceae; Richness; Serra do Itapety

Indexed keywords

ACROMYRMEX NIGER; ARECACEAE; CAMPONOTUS RUFIPES; ECITONINAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELASTOMATACEAE; MYRTACEAE; PACHYCONDYLA MESONOTALIS;

EID: 33645782993     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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