Impacts of land use types on ant communities in a tropical forest margin (Oumé - Côte d'ivoire)

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-274

  Yeo, Kolo ^a   Konate, Souleymane ^a   Tiho, Seydou ^a   Camara, Simon K ^a  

^a University of Abobo Adjamé   (France)

Author keywords

Ants; Land use types; Soil biodiversity

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; MYRMICINAE; TECTONA GRANDIS; TETRAMORIUM; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 79952158174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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