Ecological impacts of Pogonomyrmex on woody vegetation of a Larrea-Ambrosia shrubland

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-284

  Lei, Simon A ^a  

^a Community College of Southern Nevada ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ambrosia dumosa; Colony; Disc; Edge; Larrea tridentata; Nest; Pogonomynnex rugosus; Southern Nevada; Woody vegetation

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA DUMOSA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS;

EID: 0032838820     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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