Ant mosaics occur in SE Asian oil palm plantation but not rain forest and are influenced by the presence of nest-sites and non-native species

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1051-1057

  Fayle, Tom M ^a,b   Turner, Edgar C ^c   Foster, William A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANOPY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOREST; LEAF LITTER; MICROHABITAT; NEST SITE; PLANTATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

ELAEIS; FILICOPHYTA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84883283064     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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