Local and landscape drivers of biodiversity of four groups of ants in coffee landscapes

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 871-888

  de la Mora, A ^a   Murnen, C J ^b   Philpott, S M ^b,c  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Biodiversity; Fragmentation; Landscape ecology; Matrix quality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROCHEMICAL; ANT; COFFEE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LEAF LITTER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84875757049     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0454-z     Document Type: Article

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