Recovery of ground ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) communities six years after a major environmental disaster

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-347

  Luque, G M ^a,b   Reyes Lopez J ^a   Fernandez Haeger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Mining spillage; Restoration; Riparian corridors

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MINE WASTE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POLLUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIAMAR RIVER; SEVILLA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APHAENOGASTER; CAMPONOTUS; CARDIOCONDYLA MAURITANICA; CATAGLYPHIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MESSOR;

EID: 34249006196     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[337:ROGAHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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