Resilient networks of ant-plant mutualists in amazonian forest fragments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Passmore, Heather A ^a   Bruna, Emilio M ^a,d   Heredia, Sylvia M ^b,d   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ANT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PLANT; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SOUTH AMERICA; SYMBIOSIS; TREES;

EID: 84865028355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040803     Document Type: Article

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