Species diversity and nestedness of ant assemblages in an urban environment

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-206

  Ślipiński, Piotr ^a   ZMihorski, Michał ^a   Czechowski, Wojciech ^a  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; City; Formicidae; Nestedness; Redundancy analysis; Urban pressure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BIOTOPE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GREENSPACE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NESTEDNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; WARSAW [MAZOWIECKIE];

EID: 84865189264     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2012.026     Document Type: Article

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