Biogeograhy and community structure of north american seed-harvester ants

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-29

  Johnson, R A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic limitation; Formicidae; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; CLASSIFICATION; FLYING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PREDATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEEDS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035053358     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.46.1.1     Document Type: Review

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