Functional composition of ant assemblages in habitat islands is driven by habitat factors and landscape composition

Fragmented natural habitats within human-transformed landscapes play a key role in preserving biodiversity. Ants as keystone species are essential elements of terrestrial ecosystems; thus, it is important to understand the factors influencing their presence. In a large-scale multi-site study, we sur...

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Bibliográfiai részletek
Szerzők: Deák Balázs
Báthori Ferenc
Lőrinczi Gábor
Végvári Zsolt
Nagy Dávid
Mizser Szabolcs
Torma Attila
Valkó Orsolya
Tóthmérész Béla
Dokumentumtípus: Cikk
Megjelent: 2021
Sorozat:SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 11 No. 1
Tárgyszavak:
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-00385-5

mtmt:32466937
Online Access:http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/28358
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