Distribution of mound-building ant species (Formica spp., Hymenoptera) in Finland: preliminary results of a national survey

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Punttila, Pekka ^a   Kilpelainen, Jouni ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY FOUNDING; EDGE EFFECT; FERTILITY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST INVENTORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIRE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

FORMICA; FORMICA AQUILONIA; FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICA LUGUBRIS; FORMICA POLYCTENA; FORMICA PRESSILABRIS; FORMICA RUFA; FORMICA SUECICA; FORMICA URALENSIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 63449083477     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.046.0101     Document Type: Article

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