Effects of harvester ants on plant species distribution and abundance in a serpentine grassland

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-243

  Brown, Mark J F ^a   Human, Kathleen G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant mounds; Messor andrei; Plant abundance; Seed harvesting ants; Serpentine grassland

Indexed keywords

BLACK SEED-HARVESTING ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SERPENTINE GRASSLAND;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDIUM NITIDUM; MESSOR ANDREI;

EID: 0030981764     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050306     Document Type: Article

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