Rapid inventory of the ant assemblage in a temperate hardwood forest: Species composition and assessment of sampling methods

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 766-775

  Ellison, Aaron M ^a   Record, Sydne ^a,b   Arguello, Alexander ^a,b,c   Gotelli, Nicholas J ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Formicidae; New York; Rapid assessment; Species richness; Structured inventory

Indexed keywords

ANT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; LITTER; PERCIFORM; PITFALL TRAP; SAMPLING; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

BLACK ROCK FOREST; CORNWALL [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; ORANGE COUNTY [NEW YORK]; UNITED STATES;

APHAENOGASTER RUDIS; CAMPONOTUS; FORMICA NEOGAGATES; FORMICIDAE; LASIUS; MYRMICA PUNCTIVENTRIS; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; QUERCUS RUBRA; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 34548175448     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[766:RIOTAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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