The effects of interspecific interactions on resource use and behavior in a desert ant

Oecologia

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 436-443

  Sanders, Nathan J ^a   Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphaenogaster cockerelli; Colony behavior; Myrmecocystus; Niche shift; Resource use

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RESOURCE USE;

APHAENOGASTER COCKERELLI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMECOCYSTUS;

EID: 0033737678     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000463     Document Type: Article

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