Ecosystem-wide morphological structure of leaf-litter ant communities along a tropical latitudinal gradient

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Silva, Rogério R ^a   Brandão, Carlos Roberto F ^b  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANT; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LATITUDE; LEAF LITTER; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIOTA; PHYSIOLOGY; RAIN FOREST; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOTA; BRAZIL; RAINFOREST; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84899797519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093049     Document Type: Article

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