Determinants of local ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species richness and activity density across Europe

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 748-754

  Kumschick, Sabrina ^a   Schmidt Entling, Martin H ^a   Bacher, Sven ^b   Hickler, Thomas ^c   Espadaler, Xavier ^d   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambient energy hypothesis; Biodiversity; Disturbance; Diversity gradient; Equilibrium evapotranspiration; Habitat type; Productivity hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARABLE LAND; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PITFALL TRAP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; THERMOPHILY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 70449442542     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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