Rainfall influences ant sampling in dry forests

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 590-596

  Delsinne, Thibaut ^a,b   Leponce, Maurice ^a   Theunis, Laurence ^a,b   Braet, Yves ^a   Roisin, Yves ^b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A.L.L. protocol; Conservation; Formicidae; Gran Chaco; Rapid biodiversity assessment; Sampling method evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARIDITY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRY FOREST; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEAF LITTER; PITFALL TRAP; RAINFALL; SAMPLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GRAN CHACO; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 49749141493     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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