Arboreal Ant Community of a Pine Forest in Northern Florida

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-70

  Tschinkel, Walter R ^a   Hess, Charles A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Crematogaster ashmeadi; Pinus elliotti; Pinus palustris; Red cock aded woodpecker; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

CREMATOGASTER ASHMEADI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PINUS ELLIOTTII; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0032764228     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/92.1.63     Document Type: Article

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