Response of Ants and Their Seed Removal in Rehabilitation Areas and Forests at El Cerrejón Coal Mine in Colombia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 201, 2011, Pages 178-184

  Dominguez Haydar, Yamileth ^a,b   Armbrecht, Inge ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ATLÁNTICO   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Dry tropical forest; Formicidae; Neotropical ant guilds; Open pit coal mine

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; COAL MINE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT RESTORATION; OPEN PIT MINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BURIAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

COLOMBIA;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 79952256505     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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