The invasive Yellow Crazy Ant and the decline of forest ant diversity in Indonesian cacao agroforests

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1399-1409

  Bos, Merijn M ^a,b   Tylianakis, Jason M ^b,c   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^b,d   Tscharntke, Teja ^b  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biological invasion; Competition; Formicidae; Interspecific interactions; Land use intensity; Managed land; Microclimate

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOREST CANOPY; GENERALIST; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROCLIMATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; FORMICIDAE; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 54849410518     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9215-4     Document Type: Article

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