Ants create hummocks and alter structure and vegetation of a Montana fen

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-68

  Lesica, Peter ^a   Kannowski, Paul B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FEN; HUMMOCK; VEGETATION;

MONTANA; USA;

APHIDIDAE; FORMICA; FORMICA PODZOLICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA FRACTICORNIS; MYRMICA INCOMPLETA;

EID: 0031929457     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0058:ACHAAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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