Assessing ant assemblages: Pitfall trapping versus nest counting (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-281

  Schlick Steiner, B C ^a   Steiner, F M ^a   Moder, K ^a   Bruckner, A ^a   Fiedler, K ^b   Christian, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bray Curtis similarity index; Community ecology; Concordance; Rank correlation; Sampling methods

Indexed keywords

ANT; GRASSLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND TYPE; NEST STRUCTURE; PITFALL TRAP; SIMILARITY INDEX; VEGETATION COVER;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33746481617     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-006-0869-6     Document Type: Article

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