Ant diversity along a wide rainfall gradient in the Paraguayan dry Chaco

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1149-1155

  Delsinne, T ^a   Roisin, Y ^b   Herbauts, J ^b   Leponce, M ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Formicidae; Phylogenetic structure; Precipitation; Species richness; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARIDITY; DRY FOREST; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA];

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 77955176834     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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