Richness and seasonal variation of ant-plant associations mediated by plant-derived food resources in the semiarid Zapotitlan Valley, Mexico

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-26

  Rico Gray, Victor ^a   Palacios Rios, Monica ^a   Garcia Franco, Jose G ^a   Mackay, William P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FOOD RESOURCE; FORAGING; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MEXICO; PUEBLA STATE; ZAPOTITLAN VALLEY;

CACTACEAE; CAMPONOTUS RUBRITHORAX; CREMATOGASTER OPACA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEGUMINOSAE;

EID: 0031878548     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0021:RASVOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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