Revisiting the pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis: Long-term fire regimes and the structure of ant communities in a Neotropical savanna hotspot

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1661-1668

  Maravalhas, Jonas ^a   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant community; Cerrado; Conservation; Disturbance; Formicidae; Land management; Patch mosaic burning; Prescribed fire; Pyrodiversity biodiversity hypothesis; Savanna hotspot

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84912081258     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12338     Document Type: Article

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