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Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 128-136

Patterns of Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Richness and Relative Abundance along an Aridity Gradient in Western Venezuela

Author keywords

Ant diversity; Araya Peninsula; Mantel correlograms; neotropics; semi arid environments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; POPULATION DENSITY; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84878285737     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: 16788052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-012-0096-y     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (10)

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