Diversity, abundance, and species composition of ants in urban green spaces

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-441

  Uno, Shinsuke ^a,c   Cotton, Julie ^a,d   Philpott, Stacy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community gardens; Conservation; Habitat characteristics; Tetramorium caespitum; Urban forests; Urbanization; Vacant lots

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; TETRAMORIUM CAESPITUM;

EID: 77957808748     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-010-0136-5     Document Type: Article

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