The significance of ant-hills in depressed areas of the Great Chaco
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| Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publication Date: | 1991 |
| Description: | Ant-hills of Camponotus punctulatus (Mayr.) are common in Chaquenian depressed areas. We studied density, spatial distribution, shape and size of ant-hills in the Submeridional Lowlands of the Chaco. As an average there are 500 ant-hills/Ha that are conical mounds 0.62 m high covered with vegetation. Their density increases in relatively high soils, they are taller the lowest the soíl, and tend to be uniformly distributed. They seem to be a flood escape mechanism of the ant colony, and are a major disturbance that has an effect on vegetation pattem and floristic richness |
| Country: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Language: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/24613 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/24613 |