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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Main Author: Michal ZMIHORSKI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2011-07-01
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