New Caledonia has a depauperate subterranean ant fauna, despite spectacular radiations above ground

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2489-2497

  Berman, Maïa ^a,b,c   Andersen, Alan N ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cryptobiotic morphology; New Caledonia; Subterranean ants

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; MICROHABITAT; PATCH DYNAMICS; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84865405901     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0309-z     Document Type: Article

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