Contrasting Effects of Fire on Arboreal and Ground-Dwelling Ant Communities of a Neotropical Savanna

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 254-261

  Frizzo, Tiago L M ^a   Campos, Ricardo I ^b   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Cerrado; Disturbance; Formicidae; Indirect effects; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BAIT; BIODIVERSITY; CERRADO; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FIRE; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; ORDINATION; PITFALL TRAP; PREDATOR; SAVANNA; SPECIALIST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL;

CAMPONOTINI; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84857686442     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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