Ant litter fauna of forest, forest edges and adjacent grassland in the Atlantic rain forest region of Bahia, Brazil

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-266

  Majer, J D ^a   Delabie, J H C ^b,c   McKenzie, N L ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^d Dept of Conserv and Land Mgmt ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Edge effect; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

ANT FAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST EDGE; GRASSLAND; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL, BAHIA STATE;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 9844262800     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050046     Document Type: Article

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