Species diversity and distribution patterns of the ants of Amazonian ecuador

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Wilkie, Kari T Ryder ^a   Mertl, Amy L ^a   Traniello, James F A ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRACHYMYRMEX; CAMPONOTUS; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMATOGASTER; CREMATOGASTER CARINATA; ECOLOGY; ECUADOR; FORAGING; LABIDUS COECUS; NONHUMAN; PHEIDOLE; PSEUDOMYRMEX; RAIN FOREST; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECUADOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRACHYMYRMEX; CAMPONOTUS; CREMATOGASTER CARINATA; FORMICIDAE; LABIDUS COECUS; PACHYCONDYLA; PHEIDOLE; PSEUDOMYRMEX; PYRAMICA; SOLENOPSIS; WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

EID: 78049247555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013146     Document Type: Article

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