Limitation of nesting resources for ants in Colombian forests and coffee plantations

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 403-410

  Armbrecht, Inge ^a,b   Perfecto, Ivette ^a   Silverman, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Formicidae; Leaf litter ants; Resource limitation; Twig nesting ants

Indexed keywords

ANT; COFFEE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEAF LITTER; NESTING SUCCESS; PLANATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33748607768     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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