Interspecific competition and coexistence between ants and land hermit crabs on small Bahamian islands

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 223-229

  Morrison, Lloyd W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod community; Bahamas; Coenobita clypeatus; Foraging strategy; Formicidae

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; CRAB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

BAHAMAS;

ARTHROPODA; BRACHYMYRMEX; BRACHYMYRMEX OBSCURIOR; COENOBITA; COENOBITA CLYPEATUS; COENOBITIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DORYMYRMEX; DORYMYRMEX PYRAMICUS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0036694034     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(02)01136-0     Document Type: Article

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