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16 - Services and Disservices of Ant Communities in Tropical Cacao and Coffee Agroforestry Systems

from Part V - Applied Ant Ecology: Agroecosystems, Ecosystem Engineering, and Restoration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2017

By
Yann Clough ,
Stacy Philpott  and
Teja Tscharntke
Edited by
Paulo S. Oliveira  and
Suzanne Koptur
Paulo S. Oliveira
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Suzanne Koptur
Affiliation:
Florida International University
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Ant-Plant Interactions
Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems
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