Neighborhood density and reproductive potential in harvester ants

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 556-560

  Gordon, Deborah M ^a   Wagner, Diane ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related effects; Density; Formicidae; Reproductive success; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

HARVESTER ANT; NEIGHBOURHOOD EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 0030618133     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050116     Document Type: Article

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