The spatiotemporal dynamics of insular ant metapopulations

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1135-1146

  Morrison, Lloyd W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

All subsets regression; Ants; Bahamas; Extinction; Formicidae; Immigration; Incidence functions; Island biogeography; Logistic regression; Metapopulation dynamics; Pseudoturnover of species; Turnover of species

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BAHAMAS;

ARTHROPODA; BRACHYMYRMEX OBSCURIOR; DORYMYRMEX PYRAMICUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE PUNCTATISSIMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031870412     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1135:TSDOIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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