The responses of leaf litter ant communities to wildfires in the Brazilian Amazon: A multi-region assessment

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 513-529

  Silveira, Juliana M ^a   Barlow, Jos ^b   Andrade, Rafael B ^c   Louzada, Júlio ^a   Mestre, Luiz A ^c,d   Lacau, Sébastien ^e   Zanetti, Ronald ^a   Numata, Izaya ^c   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

Brazil; Community ecology; Disturbance; Tropical forest; Winkler sack

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS BURNING; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LEAF LITTER; POLICY APPROACH; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDFIRE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

EID: 84872666892     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0426-8     Document Type: Article

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