Responses of leaf-litter ant communities to tropical forest wildfires vary with season

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 515-518

  Silveira, Juliana M ^a   Barlow, Jos ^b   Andrade, Rafael B ^c   Mestre, Luiz A M ^c,d   Lacau, Sébastien ^e   Cochrane, Mark A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; ant diversity; Brazil; community structure; disturbances; Formicidae; Mato Grosso; multidimensional scaling; tropical forest; Winkler funnels

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LEAF LITTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL FOREST; WINKLER FOUNDATION;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84865723511     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646741200051X     Document Type: Article

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