Ant communities on small tropical islands: Effects of island size and isolation are obscured by habitat disturbance and 'tramp' ant species

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-236

  Rizali, Akhmad ^a   Lohman, David J ^b   Buchori, Damayanti ^a   Prasetyo, Lilik Budi ^a   Triwidodo, Hermanu ^a   Bos, Merijn M ^c   Yamane, Seiki ^d   Schulze, Christian H ^e  

^a BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c LOUIS BOLK INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ant fauna; Conservation; Formicidae; Indonesia; Invasive species; Island biogeography; Land use; Myrmecology; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION EFFECT; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAF LITTER; MYRMECOCHORY; POPULATION SIZE; SOIL SURFACE; SPACE USE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

INDONESIA; JAKARTA;

AVES; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 74849086127     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02194.x     Document Type: Article

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