Ant fauna composition and structure in three semiarid vegetation formations in Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón, Venezuela;Composición y estructura de la fauna de hormigas en tres formaciones de vegetación semiárida de la Península de Paraguaná, Venezuela

Interciencia

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 506-514

  Pérez Sánchez, Antonio J ^a,b   Lattke, John E ^c,d   Viloria, Ángel L ^b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; DORYMYRMEX BICONIS; FALCONIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 84863935270     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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