Does the decline of red wood ants after clear-cutting favour epigeic arthropods?
In forest ecosystems in the temperate and boreal zones in Europe, red wood ants (RWA, Formica rufa group) have a significant affect as predators and competitors in communities of ground-dwelling arthropods. Therefore, the spatiotemporal distribution and abundance of RWA affect the distribution of ma...
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Language: | English |
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Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science
2011-07-01
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Series: | European Journal of Entomology |
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Online Access: | https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-201103-0014_Does_the_decline_of_red_wood_ants_after_clear-cutting_favour_epigeic_arthropods.php |