Ant-gardens of tropical Asian rainforests

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 216-227

  Kaufmann, Eva ^a   Maschwitz, Ulrich ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BAMBOO; EPIPHYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEST;

ANT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ECOLOGY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; RAIN FOREST; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; TROPICS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ASIA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOTS; RAIN; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ASIA; EURASIA;

DENDROCALAMUS GIGANTEUS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; INSECTA;

EID: 33646738431     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0081-y     Document Type: Article

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