Three energy variables predict ant abundance at a geographical scale

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1442, 2000, Pages 485-489

  Kaspari, Michael ^a   Alonso, Leeanne ^a,b   O'Donnell, Sean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Ants; Climate change; Ectotherms; Energy theory; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; ENERGY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINTER;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0034615635     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1026     Document Type: Article

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