Effects of large-scale wildfires on ground foraging ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Southern California

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-216

  Matsuda, Tritia ^a   Turschak, Greta ^a   Brehme, Cheryl ^a   Rochester, Carlton ^a   Mitrovich, Milan ^a   Fisher, Robert ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

ant community; coastal sage scrub; southern California; species diversity; wildfire

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEED PRODUCTION; VEGETATION TYPE; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MESSOR ANDREI;

EID: 79953875504     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10061     Document Type: Article

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