Functional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2817-2832

  Luke, Sarah H ^a,b   Fayle, Tom M ^c,d   Eggleton, Paul ^e   Turner, Edgar C ^b,d   Davies, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding groups; Formicidae; Functional groups; Habitat disturbance; Logging; SAFE Project; Termitoidae

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LOGGING (TIMBER); OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RAINFOREST; SOIL FAUNA; TERMITE;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

ELAEIS; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA;

EID: 84906941383     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0750-2     Document Type: Article

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