Temporal and spatial distribution of ants in a light gradient, in a coffee agroforestry system, Turrialba, Costa Rica;Distribución espacio-temporal de hormigas en un gradiente de luz, dentro de un sistema agroforestal de café, en Turrialba, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 943-956

  Varón, Edgar H ^a,b   Hanson, Paul ^c   Longino, John T ^d   Borbón, Olger ^e   Carballo, Manuel ^f   Hilje, Luko ^f  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN TIBAITATÁ   (Colombia)

^b Universidad de Costa Rica ^*  (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Centro de Investigaciones en Café CICAFE   (Costa Rica)

^f CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Coffee; Costa Rica; Crematogaster curvispinosa; Pheidole radoszkowskii; Shade; Solenopsis geminata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COFFEE; COSTA RICA; CROP; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANTS; COFFEE; COSTA RICA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUNLIGHT;

COFFEA ARABICA; COLEOPTERA; CREMATOGASTER CURVISPINOSA; FORMICIDAE; HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI; HYPSIPYLA GRANDELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHEIDOLE RADOSZKOWSKII; PYRALIDAE; SCOLYTINAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SWIETENIA;

EID: 47849128457     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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