Density compensation, species composition, and richness of ants on a neotropical elevational gradient

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Longino, John T ^a   Colwell, Robert K ^b  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Barva transect; Biotic attrition; Climate change; Costa Rica; Density compensation; Elevational gradient; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Range shifts; Species density; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155191136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00200.1     Document Type: Article

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