Investigating residual effects of selective logging on ant species assemblages in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 555-562

  Gunawardene, N R ^a   Majer, J D ^a   Edirisinghe, J P ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Ant species composition; Ant species richness; Dipterocarpaceae; Formicidae; Ground dwelling ants; Logged forest

Indexed keywords

ANT SPECIES; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FOREST RESERVES; HERITAGE SITES; MIXED DIPTEROCARP FOREST; RESIDUAL EFFECTS; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SINHARAJA; SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SRI LANKA; TROPICAL FOREST;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; WELL LOGGING;

REFORESTATION;

ANT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; BUILDINGS; FORESTS; INSECTS; LOGGING; REFORESTATION; SRI LANKA;

SABARAGAMUWA; SINHARAJA FOREST RESERVE; SRI LANKA;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 72649084653     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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