Ecosystem engineering by leaf-cutting ants: Nests of Atta cephalotes drastically alter forest structure and microclimate

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-24

  Meyer, Sebastian T ^a   Leal, Inara R ^b   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^b   Wirth, Rainer ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canopy opening; Edge effect; Light; Nest effects; Soil moisture; Temperature; Understorey gap

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANT; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; COLONY; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; GERMINATION; LEAF; MICROCLIMATE; NEST; RAINFOREST; SEED; SEEDLING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

ATTA; ATTA CEPHALOTES;

EID: 78650958267     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01241.x     Document Type: Article

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