Colonization and extinction of ant communities in a fragmented landscape

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-398

  Schoereder, José H ^a   Sobrinho, Tathiana G ^a   Ribas, Carla R ^a   Campos, Renata B F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Island biogeography theory; Matrix habitat; Species richness; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 4143056954     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01378.x     Document Type: Article

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