Temperature and a dominant dolichoderine ant species affect ant diversity in Indonesian cacao plantations

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-259

  Wielgoss, Arno ^a,b   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   Buchori, Damayanti ^c   Fiala, Brigitte ^b   Clough, Yann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Formicidae; Intensification; Philidris; Sulawesi; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PESTICIDE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE PLANTING; TREE RING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

FORMICIDAE; PHILIDRIS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 71449116420     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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