Microclimatic factors associated with elevational changes in army ant density in tropical montane forest

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 491-498

  O'Donnell, Sean ^a   Kumar, Anjali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Costa Rica; Ecitoninae; Monteverde; Ponerinae; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD FOREST; HABITAT; MICROCLIMATE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; MONTEVERDE; PUNTARENAS;

ECITONINAE; FORMICIDAE; PONERINAE;

EID: 33748630262     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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