How leaf-cutting ants impact forests: Drastic nest effects on light environment and plant assemblages

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-115

  Corrêa, Michele M ^a,b   Silva, Paulo S D ^b   Wirth, Rainer ^c   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^b   Leal, Inara Roberta ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atta cephalotes; Brazilian Atlantic forest; Canopy gaps; Ecosystem engineers; Plant recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY GAP; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FLORISTICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAPLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ATTA; ATTA CEPHALOTES; CHRYSOPHYLLUM;

EID: 77949772297     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1436-4     Document Type: Article

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