Species compensation maintains abundance and raid rates of African swarm-raiding army ants in rainforest fragments

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 668-675

  Peters, Marcell K ^a   Fischer, Georg ^a   Schaab, Gertrud ^b   Kraemer, Manfred ^c  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Driver ants; Habitat fragmentation; Keystone species; Land use change; Predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DORYLUS MOLESTUS; DORYLUS WILVERTHI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58749104334     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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