Effect of ant-hills on the floristic richness of plant communities of a large depression in the Great Chaco

 

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Autores: Lewis, Juan P, Franceschi, A, Stofella, Susana L
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状态:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:1991
实物特征:The effect of ant-hills of Camponotus punctulatus (Mayr.) on the floristic riebness of plant eommunities in the southem Chaco is analized. The ant-hills are conical mounds with an average height of 0.6 m and a diameter of 1.0 m. Ant-hills produce an inerease in quadrat floristic riehness, but in any given community a low percentage of species grow exclusively or preferentially on the ant-hill. Therefore the effeet of ant-bills over the floristic riebness of the community is less marked !han over the quadrat floristic richness. Ant-hill exclusives or preferential species are rarities, i.e. with less than 20 % constaney, in any community. Ant-hills provide refugia for species to grow in environments otherwise unsuitable for them.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
机构:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
语言:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/24567
在线阅读:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/24567