Ant functional responses along environmental gradients
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Diversity of Eastern North American Ant Communities along Environmental Gradients
Studies of species diversity patterns across regional environmental gradients seldom consider the impact of habitat type on within-site (alpha) and between-site (beta) diversity. This study is designed to identify the influence of habitat type across geographic and environmental space, on local patterns of species richness and regional turnover patterns of ant diversity in the northeastern Unit...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Animal Ecology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0021-8790
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12227