Spatio-temporal patterns of ground-dwelling ant assemblages in a lowland rainforest in southeast Cameroon

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-350

  Deblauwe, I ^a,b   Dekoninck, W ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Annual variation; Community structure; Dorylus; Formicidae; Season; Southeast Cameroon; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETECTION METHOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; DJA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 38649107382     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0952-7     Document Type: Article

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