The distribution of ant colonies in a semiarid landscape: Implications for community and ecosystem processes

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 301-311

  Crist, Thomas O ^a   Wiens, John A ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS;

USA, COLORADO;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POGONOMYRMEX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0030304526     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546202     Document Type: Article

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