Ants : standard methods for measuring and monitoring biodiversity / edited by Donat Agosti [and others].
| Other author | Agosti, Donat. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©2000. |
| Description | xix, 280 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Biological 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-269) and index. |
| LCCN | 00021953 |
| ISBN | 1560988584 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1560988851 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QL568.F7 A575 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |