Biodiversity of ant species along a disturbance gradient in residential environments of Puerto Rico

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-192

  Brown, Preston H ^a   Miller, Dini M ^a   Brewster, Carlyle C ^a   Fell, Richard D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant community; Formicidae; Housing development; Tropical; Urban succession

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84877042573     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0260-5     Document Type: Article

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