Biodiversity below ground: Probing the subterranean ant fauna of Amazonia

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 725-731

  Ryder Wilkie, Kari T ^a   Mertl, Amy L ^a   Traniello, James F A ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

ALL protocol; Conservation; Formicidae; Soil fauna; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANT; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL HORIZON; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; WATER TABLE;

ANT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FAUNA; MACROFAUNA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; PLANTS; SOIL;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547656019     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0250-2     Document Type: Article

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