Local-scale spatial variation in diversity of social wasps in an Amazonian rain forest in Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae)

Local-scale spatial variation in diversity of social wasps in an Amazonian rain forest in Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae)

Polistine wasps are important in Neotropical ecosystems due to their ubiquity and diversity. Inventories have not adequately considered spatial attributes of collected specimens. Spatial data on biodiversity are important for study and mitigation of anthropogenic impacts over natural ecosystems and...

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Main Authors: Orlando Tobias Silveira, Suzanna de Sousa Silva, Jorge Luis Gavina Pereira, Ingrid da Silva Tavares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2012-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Subjects:
Vespas neotropicais
faunas de polistíneos
análise espacial
biodiversidade
habitats florestais
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262012000300011&lng=en&tlng=en

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