Community organization in a recently assembled fauna: The case of Polynesian ants

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-256

  Morrison, Lloyd W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Community organization; Dominance hierarchies; Interspecific competition; Polynesia

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

ANT; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

EID: 0029662611     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00327909     Document Type: Article

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