The reproductive flight phenology of a neotropical ant assemblage

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 245-257

  Kaspari, Michael ^a   Pickering, John ^b   Windsor, Donald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Alates; Ants; Autocorrelation; Constraints; Diversity; Phenology; Quantile regression; Rainfall; Temperature; Traps; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANT; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; PHENOLOGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TRAPPING;

PANAMA;

FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034983061     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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