Species richness of associates of ants in the nests of red wood ant Formica polyctena (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 485-495

  Härkönen, Salla K ^a   Sorvari, Jouni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Formica polyctena; Formicidae; Myrmecophiles; Non parametric species richness estimation; Resource concentration; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926168942     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12072     Document Type: Article

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