The contribution of the bark of isolated trees as habitat for ants in an urban landscape

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 276-281

  Yasuda, Mika ^a   Koike, Fumito ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ants; Arthropod community; Host specificity; Isolated trees; Scattered trees; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTS; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; HOST-SPECIFICITY; ISOLATED TREES; SCATTERED TREES; URBANISATION;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BARK; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAND COVER; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 68349130504     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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