Changes in ant species richness and composition during plant secondary succession in Puerto Rico

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 244-253

  Osorio Perez K ^a,b   Barberena Arias, M F ^b   Aide, T M ^b  

^a Brooklyn Botanical Garden   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Arboreal ants; Litter ants; Puerto Rico; Species composition; Species richness; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANT; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 44649149498     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v43i2.a9     Document Type: Article

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