Impacts of Intensive Logging on the Trophic Organisation of Ant Communities in a Biodiversity Hotspot

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Woodcock, Paul ^a   Edwards, David P ^a,b   Newton, Rob J ^a   Vun Khen, Chey ^c   Bottrell, Simon H ^a   Hamer, Keith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BORNEO; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; FOREST STRUCTURE; LOGGING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TROPHIC ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84876058150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060756     Document Type: Article

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