Microhabitat characteristics that regulate ant richness patterns: The importance of leaf litter for epigaeic ants

Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 367-373

  Queiroz, A C M ^a   Ribas, C R ^a   Franca F M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AICc; Cloud forest; Environmental heterogeneity; Leaf litter; Model selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892379914     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v60i4.367-373     Document Type: Article

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