The importance of remnants of natural vegetation for maintaining ant diversity in Brazilian agricultural landscapes

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 983-997

  Pacheco, Renata ^a   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a   Groc, Sarah ^a   Camacho, Gabriela P ^b   Frizzo, Tiago L M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Biodiversity conservation; Formicidae; Mosaic of land use types; Neotropical savannas

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ANT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP PLANT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INSECTICIDE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE; NATIVE SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SAVANNA; SOYBEAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BRAZIL;

FORMICIDAE; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84875735753     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0463-y     Document Type: Article

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