Ant species richness and evenness increase along a metal pollution gradient in the Bolesław zinc smelter area

Pedobiologia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-73

  Grześ, Irena M ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ants; Community; Diversity indices; Dominance; Metal pollution

Indexed keywords

ANT; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; MEADOW; POLLUTION EFFECT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SMELTING; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 70349329681     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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