Ants of the Klong U-Tapao Basin, Southern Thailand

Asian Myrmecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-79

  Watanasit, Suparoek ^a   Saewai, Jarearnsak ^a   Phlapplueng, Amphon ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ants; Diversity; Klong U tapao basin; Sampling methods; Site; Songkhla Lake; Southern Thailand

Indexed keywords

AENICTINAE; CERAPACHYINAE; DOLICHODERINAE; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; MYRMICINAE; PONERINAE; PSEUDOMYRMECINAE;

EID: 67649529145     PISSN: 19851944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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