Why are there more arboreal ant species in primary than in secondary tropical forests?
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Why are there more arboreal ant species in primary than in secondary tropical forests?
1. Species diversity of arboreal arthropods tends to increase during rainforest succession so that primary forest communities comprise more species than those from secondary vegetation, but it is not well understood why. Primary forests differ from secondary forests in a wide array of factors whose relative impacts on arthropod diversity have not yet been quantified. 2. We assessed the effects ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Animal Ecology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0021-8790
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02002.x