Habitat diversity enhances ant diversity in a naturally heterogeneous Brazilian landscape

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 797-809

  Pacheco, Renata ^a   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diversity; Diversity partitioning; Formicidae; Habitat heterogeneity; Neotropical savannas; Spatial diversity

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; CERRADO; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HETEROGENEITY; HOT SPOT; SAMPLING; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84856969510     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0221-y     Document Type: Article

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