Abundance of epigaeic arthropods in a Brazilian savanna under different fire frequencies

Zoologia

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 718-724

  Uehara Prado, Marcio ^a   de M Bello, Ayr ^b   de O Fernandes, Juliana ^c   Santos, Adalberto J ^d   Silva, Igor A ^e   Cianciaruso, Marcus V ^f  

^a Instituto Neotropical Pesquisa e Conservação   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Estadual de Campinas ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Burning; Cerrado; Insecta; Trophic guilds

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 79955036410     PISSN: 19844670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702010000500008     Document Type: Article

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