Composition-dependent & density-dependent seed removal rates in the harvester ant Messor barbarus

Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 475-484

  Reyes Lopez J L ^a   Fernandez Haeger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foraging; Seed density; Seed environment; Seed preferences; Seed size

Indexed keywords

MESSOR BARBARUS;

EID: 0036013137     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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