The potential role of scattered trees for ant conservation in an agriculturally dominated neotropical landscape

Biotropica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 644-651

  Frizzo, Tiago L M ^a   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Caryocar brasiliense; Cerrado; Formicidae; Keystone structures; Neotropical savannas; Off reserve conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; CERRADO; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FAUNA; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEST; PASTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TREE;

BRAZIL;

CARYOCAR BRASILIENSE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84883447423     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12045     Document Type: Article

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