Lower ant Diversity on Earth Mounds in a Semi-Arid Brazilian Ecosystem: Natural or a Sign of Degradation?
Natural earth mounds in many ecosystems harbor higher biodiversity than surroundings because they provide greater habitat heterogeniety. However, in the semi-arid Caatinga ecosystem of NE Brazil, natural mounds have much less vegetation and leaf litter with lower biodiversity as compared to the sur...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Sociobiology |
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| Online Access: | http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/1171 |