Local and landscape-scale effects of an ant nest construction in an open dry forest of Uruguay

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 252-255

  Sosa, Beatriz ^a   Brazeiro, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Atta vollenweideri; Bio engineering; Landscape; Patch creation; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BIOENGINEERING; DRY FOREST; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; SODIUM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY PLANT;

URUGUAY;

ATTA VOLLENWEIDERI; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84861490401     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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