Leafcutter ant nests inhibit low-intensity fire spread in the understory of transitional forests at the Amazon's forest-savanna boundary

Psyche (London)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Carvalho, Karine S ^a   Alencar, Ane ^b   Balch, Jennifer ^c,d,e   Moutinho, Paulo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84856959460     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/780713     Document Type: Article

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