Ground ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Iber nature reserve, the largest wetland of Argentina

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-83

  Calcaterra, Luis A ^a   Cuezzo, Fabiana ^b   Cabrera, Sonia M ^a   Briano, Juan A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological conservation; Community structure; Faunal survey; Functional groups

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE FRONT; FIELD SURVEY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARGENTINA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PHEIDOLE; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 76649111384     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/008.103.0110     Document Type: Article

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