Diversity of forest litter-inhabiting ants along elevations in the Wayanad region of the Western Ghats

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sabu, Thomas K ^a   Vineesh, P J ^a   Vinod, K V ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic and biotic factors; Mid elevation abundance; South india; South western ghats forests

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; TAPINOMA;

EID: 56549086318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.008.6901     Document Type: Article

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