Availability of food and nesting-sites as regulatory mechanisms for the recovery of ant diversity after fire disturbance

Availability of food and nesting-sites as regulatory mechanisms for the recovery of ant diversity after fire disturbance

Nest-site is an important resource for cavity-nesting ants, what limits colony establishment and structures ant community composition through competition. In ecosystems frequently disturbed by firecontinuous establishment of new colonies is crucial to the process of natural succession.  Based on th...

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Main Authors: Roberth Fagundes Souza, Diego V Anjos, Raquel Carvalho, Kleber Del-Claro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2015-04-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
limiting resources
ant nest
competition
Cerrado
environmental disturbance
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/653

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