Environment heterogeneity and seasonal effects in ground-dwelling ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) assemblages in the Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, MG, Brazil

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-29

  Coelho, Igor R ^a   Ribeiro, Sérvio P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Atlantic rainforest; Beta diversity; Edge effect; Functional groups

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33645843348     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2006000100004     Document Type: Article

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