Leaf-cutting ants as ecosystem engineers: Topsoil and litter perturbations around Atta cephalotes nests reduce nutrient availability

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 497-504

  Meyer, Sebastian T ^a   Neubauer, Meike ^a   Sayer, Emma J ^b   Leal, Inara R ^c   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^c   Wirth, Rainer ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Attini; Brazil; Herbivory; Leaf litter; Nest effects; Nest soil; Nutrient dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ANT; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; COLONY; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; LEAF LITTER; NEST; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; PERCEPTION; REGENERATION; RESEARCH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENT; TOPSOIL; UNDERSTORY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 84883534171     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12043     Document Type: Article

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