Habitat segregation based on soil texture and body size in the seed-harvester ants Pogonomyrmex rugosus and P. barbatus

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 403-412

  Johnson, Robert A ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Ants; Chihuahuan Desert; Distributions; Foundress physiology; Pogonomyrmex; Soil type; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ANT; BODY SIZE; MICROHABITAT; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS;

EID: 0033668108     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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