Fine-scale heterogeneity across Manhattan's urban habitat mosaic is associated with variation in ant composition and richness

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 216-228

  Savage, Amy M ^a   Hackett, Britné ^a   Guénard, Benoit ^b   Youngsteadt, Elsa K ^a   Dunn, Robert R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Tapinoma; Tetramorium; Ants; Chronic environmental stress; Community structure; Diversity; Exoticspecies; Lasius; Unique species; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929312219     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12098     Document Type: Article

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