Biodiversity on broadway - enigmatic diversity of the societies of ants (formicidae) on the streets of New York City

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Pećarević, Marko ^a,b   Danoff Burg, James ^a   Dunn, Robert R ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b State Institute for Nature Protection   (Croatia)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIODIVERSITY; NEW YORK CITY;

FORMICIDAE; LASIUS ALIENUS; LASIUS NEONIGER; SOLENOPSIS MOLESTA; TETRAMORIUM CAESPITUM;

EID: 78049306120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013222     Document Type: Article

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