Ant species richness, endemicity and functional groups, along an elevational gradient in the himalayas

Asian Myrmecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-101

  Bharti, Himender ^a   Sharma, Yash Paul ^a   Bharti, Meenakshi ^a   Pfeiffer, Martin ^b  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Ants; Biological conservation, endemicity; Functional groups; Himalaya; India; Mid elevation peak; Species richness; Zoogeographical affinities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885093794     PISSN: 19851944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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