A new method based on taxonomic sufficiency to simplify studies on Neotropical ant assemblages

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2832-2839

  Groc, S ^a   Delabie, Jacques H C ^b   Longino, John T ^c   Orivel, Jérôme ^d   Majer, Jonathan D ^e   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^f   Dejean, Alain ^a  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b UPA Laboratorio de Mirmecologia   (Brazil)

^c EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

" Indicator taxa" surrogacy; Biodiversity indicators; Higher taxon surrogacy; Mixed level method; Multi taxonomic assemblages; Terrestrial arthropod assemblages

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; DATA SET; HABITAT TYPE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURROGATE METHOD; TAXONOMY;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77956884862     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.07.034     Document Type: Article

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