Publication Type: | Book Chapter |
Year of Publication: | 2004 |
Authors: | A. Lapeva-Gjonova, Atanasova M. |
Book Title: | L. Penev, J. Niemelä, D. J. Kotze & N. Chipev (Eds.). Ecology of the City of Sofia. Species and Communities in an Urban Environment |
Pagination: | 417-422 |
Publisher: | Pensoft Publishers |
City: | Sofia-Moscow |
Keywords: | Bulgaria, Formicidae, urban communities |
Abstract: | A two-year-long investigation of the myrmecofauna of five parks in the city of Sofia (Boris Garden, Hunting Park, South Park, West Park and North Park), resulted in the collection o f 31 species from 12 genera in 4 subfamilies. Eighteen species were herpetobionts, six were dendrobionts, five were geobionts and two were stratobionts. The zoogeographical structure of the studied ant communities is as follows: Transpalaearctic - 15 species, Amphipalaearctic - 5, Euro-West-Siberian - 4, Euro-Caucasian - 3, South-European - 2 and Mediterranean - 2. |
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