Ant diversity in an Amazonian savanna: Relationship with vegetation structure, disturbance by fire, and dominant ants

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-231

  Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a   Leite, Marcos F ^b   Vilhena, José M S ^b   Lima, Albertina P ^b   Magnusson, William E ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant communities; Competition; Fire; Fire ants; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAVANNA; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE; POACEAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS SUBSTITUTA; TRACHYPOGON PLUMOSUS; WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

EID: 40149103436     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01811.x     Document Type: Article

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