Ants : standard methods for measuring and monitoring biodiversity / edited by Donat Agosti [and others].

Other author Agosti, Donat.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©2000.
Descriptionxix, 280 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm.
Subjects

SeriesBiological diversity handbook series
Biological diversity handbook series. ^A331644
Contents Biodiversity studies, monitoring, and ants: an overview / Leeanne E. Alonso, Donat Agosti -- A primer on ant ecology / Michael Kaspari -- A global ecology of rainforest ants: functional groups in relation to environmental stress and disturbance / Alan N. Andersen -- The interactions of ants with other organisms / Ted R. Schultz, Terrence P. McGlynn -- Diversity of ants / William L. Brown -- Ants as indicators of diversity / Leeanne E. Alonso -- Using ants to monitor environmental change / Michael Kaspari, Jonathan D. Majer -- Broad-scale patterns of diversity in leaf litter ant communities / Philip S. Ward -- Field techniques for the study of ground-dwelling ants: an overview, description, and evaluation / Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Donat Agosti, Leeanne E. Alonso, C. Roberto F. Brandáo, William L. Brown Jr., Jacques H.C. Delabie, Rogerio Silvestre -- Sampling effort and choice of methods / Jacques H.C. Delabie, Brian L. Fisher, Jonathan D. Majer, Ian W. Wright -- Specimen processing: building and curating an ant collection / John E. Lattke -- Major regional and type collections of ants (Formicidae) of the world and sources for the identification of ant species -- C. Roberto F. Brandáo -- What to do with the data / John T. Longino -- The ALL protocol: a standard protocol for the collection of ground-dwelling ants / Donat Agosti, Leeanne E. Alonso -- Applying the ALL protocol: selected case studies / Brian L. Fisher, Annette K. F. Malsch, Raghavendra Gadagkar, Jacques H. C. Delabie, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Jonathan D. Majer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-269) and index.
LCCN 00021953
ISBN1560988584 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1560988851 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QL568.F7 A575 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold