Response of ants to disturbance gradients in and around Bangalore, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-243

  Savitha, S ^a,b   Barve, Narayani ^b   Davidar, Priya ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Ants; Biodiversity; Disturbance gradient; Indicators species; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; CANOPY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LITTER; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; BANGALORE; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

AVES; FORMICIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 56049116957     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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