Effects of habitat fragmentation on ant richness and functional composition in Brazilian Atlantic forest

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1687-1701

  Leal, Inara R ^a   Filgueiras, Bruno K C ^a   Gomes, Juliana P ^a   Iannuzzi, Luciana ^a   Andersen, Alan N ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area effects; Formicidae; Functional groups; Habitat structure; Tree assemblages

Indexed keywords

ANT; EDGE EFFECT; FAUNISTICS; FOREST COVER; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84861748231     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0271-9     Document Type: Article

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