Seed selection by an exceptionally rich community of harvester ants in the Australian seasonal tropics

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 975-984

  Andersen, Alan N ^a   Azcárate, Francisco M ^b   Cowie, Ian D ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary partitioning; Foraging; Nest middens; Species coexistence; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MERANOPLUS; MERANOPLUS MINIMUS; MILETINAE; MONOMORIUM; PHEIDOLE; POACEAE;

EID: 0034494672     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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