Ant species diversity in the 'Grands Causses' (Aveyron, France): In search of sampling methods adapted to temperate climates

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 330, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 913-922

  Groc, Sarah ^a   Delabie, Jacques H C ^b   Céréghino, Régis ^c   Orivel, Jérôme ^a   Jaladeau, Frédéric ^d   Grangier, Julien ^a   Mariano, Cléa S F ^b   Dejean, Alain ^a,e  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b UPA Laboratorio de Mirmecologia   (Brazil)

^c Université de Toulouse   (France)

^d CNRS Guyane ^*  (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ant diversity; Grands Causses; Sampling methods; Temperate climate

Indexed keywords

ANT; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FAUNA; FOREST; FRANCE; NONHUMAN; OAK; PINE; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; FRANCE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE;

AVEYRON; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749085883     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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