Spatial and temporal niche partitioning in grassland ants

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 134-141

  Albrecht, M ^a   Gotelli, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Formicidae; Null model; Spatial patterns; Temporal patterns

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; GRASSLAND; NICHE PARTITIONING;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 0035037007     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000494     Document Type: Article

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